SHARPE'S HAVOC is something good and something different that is worth trying out. 2003) (Fiction) The Sharpe novels by Bernard Cornwell: Sharpe's Rifles: Richard Sharpe and the Invasion of Galicia, January 1809 Sharpe's Havoc: Richard. First-time readers should not have any problem following this story since it moves straightforwardly within the timeframe inside the novel. War is never pretty and Cornwell does nothing to glorify it. The book is a bit graphic when it comes to the brutality by the French soldiers against the Portuguese. Paul McGann does a good job in narrating this war campaign and keeps the power moving. He is a man of action and that is what readers will get as they listen to this recording. He did not survive 18 books by sitting back. The rifleman will not let a weenie pencil pusher get the best of him, especially when he steals his telescope. He will do anything for money including selling his country.īut his plan fails and Sharpe is on to him. He is a traitor working with the French and wants nothing more to have Sharpe and his men killed. What they are unaware is that Colonel Christopher has a special plan for Kate and he is also playing both sides of the war. Working together they find Kate and are bringing her back. He is also warned to keep an eye on Colonel Henry Christopher, an officer with British Intelligence who apparently has his own agenda.ĭuring their search they are attacked by the French and assist a group of Portuguese soldiers in defending their land. Sharpe's commanding officer tells him to take his men and find the girl. Kate Savage has run away from home for some unexplained reason and with the French threat it is important that they find her.

He lives with his wife on Cape Cod and in Charleston, South Carolina. Sharpe's mission is to locate the 19-year-old daughter of a prominent Portuguese winemaker. BERNARD CORNWELL is the author of over fifty novels, including the acclaimed New York Times bestselling Saxon Tales, which serve as the basis for the hit Netflix series The Last Kingdom.

It is the spring of 1809 and Napoleon's army is invading Portugal. In the 19th entry of a long-running series, rifleman Lieutenant Richard Sharpe returns to Portugal in search of a girl.

Sharpe's Havoc by Bernard Cornwell