In this book Sharpe is promoted to major. He's assigned to rescue the wives of British officers being held hostage by British & French deserters. In addition he must hold a pass against the French preventing the French from invading.
I listen to audio books all day long and mix in music, tech podcasts, and old time radio shows. I post what I'm listening to, and my opinion of it when I finish the item. Abbreviations: (GA) = Graphic Audio.net; (JDL) = Public library system; (Podiobooks) = Podiobooks.com; (Librivox) = Librivox.org; (TTS) = Text to Speech conversion.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Started The Adventures of Sharpe #6; Sharpe's Enemy by Bernard Cornwell
I started this book last evening is number 6 in a series of books with the character/hero Richard Sharpe of the British army prior, during and after the first Napoleon war.
In this book Sharpe is promoted to major. He's assigned to rescue the wives of British officers being held hostage by British & French deserters. In addition he must hold a pass against the French preventing the French from invading.
In this book Sharpe is promoted to major. He's assigned to rescue the wives of British officers being held hostage by British & French deserters. In addition he must hold a pass against the French preventing the French from invading.
The BBC made movies from the series staring Sean Bean. Both the History Channel & BBC America have aired the movies here in the states.