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Sharpe's Fury is Bernard Cornwell's twenty first Richard Sharpe novel. Published in August 2006, it returns to the story during the middle of Sharpe's tour of duty during Wellington's campaign in the Iberian peninsula.
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The action takes place during the winter of 1811; the Peninsular War appears to have been won—by the French. Cádiz is the only major Spanish town still holding out. From their overwintering strongholds in Portugal, the British sally forth to the River Guadiana with a small force, seeking to break a bridge across the river. Sharpe and the men with him encounter a brutal opponent in the French Colonel Henri Vandal, commander of the 8th Regiment of the Line. Running from this first encounter, Sharpe and his small band of survivors are driven by Vandal into the fortress city of Cádiz, which is already under siege.
The tensions that have grown up between the British and Spanish allies are heightened by the threat to the city and the only chance seems to be a lifting of the siege. The joint army seeks to take the battle to the French; however the Spanish refuse to fight, leaving the British isolated. It also means Richard Sharpe will meet Colonel Vandal for a second time at the Battle of Barrosa.
[edit] Release details
- 2006, UK, HarperCollins ISBN 0-00-712015-X, Pub date 28 August 2006, hardback (First edition)
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