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Sharpe's Sword (novel)

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Sharpe's Sword is a historical novel in the Richard Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell. [1]

22 relations: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Auguste de Marmont, Battle of Salamanca, Bernard Cornwell, Colquhoun Grant (British intelligence officer), Compact disc, Hardcover, HarperCollins, Historical fiction, ITV (TV network), King's German Legion, Klingenthal, Bas-Rhin, List of Sharpe series characters, Paperback, Patrick Curtis, Peninsular War, Sharpe (novel series), Sharpe (TV series), Sharpe's Company, Sharpe's Skirmish, Sharpe's Sword (TV programme), William Collins, Sons.

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain, serving twice as Prime Minister.

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Auguste de Marmont

Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de Marmont (20 July 1774 – 22 March 1852) was a French general and nobleman who rose to the rank of Marshal of France and was awarded the title (duc de Raguse).

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Battle of Salamanca

In Battle of Salamanca (in French and Spanish known as "Battle of Arapiles") an Anglo-Portuguese army under the Duke of Wellington defeated Marshal Auguste Marmont's French forces among the hills around Arapiles, south of Salamanca, Spain on 22July 1812 during the Peninsular War.

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Bernard Cornwell

Bernard Cornwell, OBE (born 23 February 1944) is an English author of historical novels and a history of the Waterloo Campaign.

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Colquhoun Grant (British intelligence officer)

Lieutenant-Colonel Colquhoun Grant (1780–1829) was a British Army soldier and intelligence officer during the Napoleonic Wars.

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Compact disc

Compact disc (CD) is a digital optical disc data storage format that was co-developed by Philips and Sony and released in 1982.

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Hardcover

A hardcover or hardback (also known as hardbound, and sometimes as case-bound) book is one bound with rigid protective covers (typically of Binder's board or heavy paperboard covered with buckram or other cloth, heavy paper, or occasionally leather).

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HarperCollins

HarperCollins Publishers L.L.C. is one of the world's largest publishing companies and is one of the Big Five English-language publishing companies, alongside Hachette, Macmillan, Penguin Random House, and Simon & Schuster.

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Historical fiction

Historical fiction is a literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting located in the past.

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ITV (TV network)

ITV is a British commercial TV network.

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King's German Legion

The King's German Legion (KGL) was a British Army unit of mostly expatriate German personnel during the period 1803–16.

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Klingenthal, Bas-Rhin

For the ski resort in Germany, see Klingenthal Vogtlandkreis Klingenthal is a hamlet in the Bas-Rhin department of France, and is divided between the communes of Boersch and Ottrott.

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List of Sharpe series characters

Sharpe is a series of historical fiction stories by Bernard Cornwell centred on the character of Richard Sharpe.

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Paperback

A paperback is a type of book characterized by a thick paper or paperboard cover, and often held together with glue rather than stitches or staples.

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Patrick Curtis

Patrick Curtis (1740 – 26 July 1832) was an Irish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Peninsular War

The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was a military conflict between Napoleon's empire (as well as the allied powers of the Spanish Empire), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Kingdom of Portugal, for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars.

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Sharpe (novel series)

Sharpe is a series of historical fiction stories by Bernard Cornwell centered on the character of Richard Sharpe.

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Sharpe (TV series)

Sharpe is a British television series of stories starring Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier in the Napoleonic Wars.

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Sharpe's Company

Sharpe's Company is the thirteenth historical novel in the Richard Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell, first published in 1982.

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Sharpe's Skirmish

"Sharpe's Skirmish" is a historical short story by Bernard Cornwell in the Richard Sharpe series.

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Sharpe's Sword (TV programme)

Sharpe's Sword is a 1995 British television drama, the eighth of a series screened on the ITV network that follows the career of Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier during the Napoleonic Wars.

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William Collins, Sons

William Collins, Sons (often referred to as Collins) was a Scottish printing and publishing company founded by a Presbyterian schoolmaster, William Collins, in Glasgow in 1819, in partnership with Charles Chalmers, the younger brother of Thomas Chalmers, minister of Tron Church, Glasgow.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharpe's_Sword_(novel)

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