Sharpe's Regiment

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Summary: A Welcome Break from Portugal and Spain
Review: Cornwell's Napoleonic war series takes a break from the action in Spain to send Major Sharpe, his boon companion Sgt. Harper and two other trusted officers back to England to find out why they haven't been getting any recruits. Without new recruits, the South Essex regiment has fallen to dangerously understrength size and could be disbanded. They arrive in London to discover some shady dealings afoot, pay and provisions are being drawn from the army for men who are neither at the barracks or en route to Spain. Sharpe and Harper are forced to go undercover as raw recruits to discover the whereabouts of the missing men, and who's skimming the money. Along the way Sharpe runs into many characters from past adventures, including a big sister type from his street urchin days, his old commander Lawford who is now in government, his old nemesis Sir Henry Simmerson, and his personal English Rose, the lovely Jane Gibbons. He also meets and charms the airheaded Prince of Wales, and makes yet another dangerous enemy in Lord Fenner. It's a novel departure from the normal army action we're used to in the series, and Cornwell treats the reader to many neat tidbits about how recruiting worked, and how susceptible the system was to corruption. Of course, since it's a Sharpe book, there is a rousing battle finale as the army pushes into France.

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Summary: Book for brain disabled but with healthy, national heart!
Review: God save the Queen and Sharpe, the English Rambo

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Summary: A homecoming of sorts.
Review: In Sharpe's Regiment, Richard Sharpe takes a time out from the horrors of the Peninsular Campaign and finds an even more appalling situation back home in England. If reading the series in order, this book will provide you with a different look at Sharpe and serve as the turning point in both his military and personal lives. As always Cornwell's attention to historical detail shines through, showing the reader what was going on back in England while Wellington's forces persued Napolean across Europe.

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Summary: Lacks the Homely feeling of France and Spain.
Review: In this book Richard Sharpe and companions travel to England, the whole book (bar an epilogue and an introduction) is set in England. Personally I didn't like it at first, it lacked the French connection which, to me, is a major factor that makes the Sharpe series so great.
This book lacks the intense action of other Sharpe books and focuses more on the homefront. Sharpe is sent back to England to find recruits for the South Essex regiment, he quickly discovers that his task is not going to be as easy as he thought. His rifle is replaced by his mind and his sword, his wits.
He has to fight on a new battlefield, a politicians battlefield. To some this would seem an interesting twist in the Sharpe saga, to me it seemed to detract from it, I like the action and detailed description of battles. But being part of the Sharpe series I felt compelled to read it and this is the last book (at present) where the British are still fighting in Spain, this book kicks open the door to the next set of books, Sharpe in France.
3 Stars only, not the best Sharpe but Sharpe nonetheless

Rating:
Summary: Lacks the Homely feeling of France and Spain.
Review: In this book Richard Sharpe and companions travel to England, the whole book (bar an epilogue and an introduction) is set in England. Personally I didn't like it at first, it lacked the French connection which, to me, is a major factor that makes the Sharpe series so great.
This book lacks the intense action of other Sharpe books and focuses more on the homefront. Sharpe is sent back to England to find recruits for the South Essex regiment, he quickly discovers that his task is not going to be as easy as he thought. His rifle is replaced by his mind and his sword, his wits.
He has to fight on a new battlefield, a politicians battlefield. To some this would seem an interesting twist in the Sharpe saga, to me it seemed to detract from it, I like the action and detailed description of battles. But being part of the Sharpe series I felt compelled to read it and this is the last book (at present) where the British are still fighting in Spain, this book kicks open the door to the next set of books, Sharpe in France.
3 Stars only, not the best Sharpe but Sharpe nonetheless

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Summary: Simply Fantastic
Review: Its back to England, Sharpe sees the now rotund Lawford (from Sharpes tigers as well), which is classy, but he has changed, Sharpe and political intrigue, only skirmishes lamentably.

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Summary: Sharpe returns home to fight a different kind of battle.

Review: Major Sharpe finds himself in Spain in June 1913 without promised reinforcements, which have mysteriously disappeared. He journeys to England, Sergeant Harper by his side, to find out what became of them. Along the way, he uncovers an old enemy, the cowardly Sir Henry Simmerson, and a new one, the duplicitous Lord Fenner, who have connived to deceive everyone from Wellington to the Prince of Wales. Naturally, even though besotted by love for Sir Henry's niece, Jane Gibbons, Sharpe perseveres to uncover the treachery.

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Summary: Sharpe returns home to fight a different kind of battle.

Review: Major Sharpe finds himself in Spain in June 1913 without promised reinforcements, which have mysteriously disappeared. He journeys to England, Sergeant Harper by his side, to find out what became of them. Along the way, he uncovers an old enemy, the cowardly Sir Henry Simmerson, and a new one, the duplicitous Lord Fenner, who have connived to deceive everyone from Wellington to the Prince of Wales. Naturally, even though besotted by love for Sir Henry's niece, Jane Gibbons, Sharpe perseveres to uncover the treachery.

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Summary: Book for brain disabled but with healthy, national heart!
Review: One of the things that I enjoy about Cornwell's Sharpe novels is the real picture the reader gets of the life and times of the common soldier. In this book, Sharpe is forced to return to England to find out why his army is not receiving new troops to replace the ones who have been lost to French lead. His quest forces both he and Patrick Harper to go undercover as new recruits in order to expose former Col. Henry Simmerson. The reader gets a real feel of how a soldier was recruited and trained during this time period in England. The book also brings in the Prince of Wales whose addoration of Sharpe earns the regiment the new name of the Prince of Wales Own! I just can't get enough of Richard Sharpe!

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Summary: Sharpe struggles to save his regiment!
Review: One of the things that I enjoy about Cornwell's Sharpe novels is the real picture the reader gets of the life and times of the common soldier. In this book, Sharpe is forced to return to England to find out why his army is not receiving new troops to replace the ones who have been lost to French lead. His quest forces both he and Patrick Harper to go undercover as new recruits in order to expose former Col. Henry Simmerson. The reader gets a real feel of how a soldier was recruited and trained during this time period in England. The book also brings in the Prince of Wales whose addoration of Sharpe earns the regiment the new name of the Prince of Wales Own! I just can't get enough of Richard Sharpe!