Sharpe’s Escape audiobook

This is an other great book in the Sharp ceries. This takes place in Portugal in a battle betwene England and France. There is also a quite interesting murder plot against our hero Richard Sharp.

Falling in love and falling into death in the midst of the long years of Europe’s Napoleonic Wars. Solid writing that fills the imagination. I liked Sharpe’s French lady lover best. Not sure why he never had a Russian lover. I would have created one to turn the heads of armies. (A Portuguese one too. He did have a Spanish warrior lady lover.) I don’t believe there is a Sharpe story about Borodino either, the enormous battle on the outskirts of Moscow in 1812, but I would have created that story too ⚔️

This is a classic solid Sharpe book that's just an almost perfect distillation of the essence of the series.Big set piece battle? checkLoathsome evil villain who's in Sharpe's way? checkIncompetent British officer causing Sharpe headaches? checkA damsel in distress? checkReturning friends/allies? checkBoldness and cleverness in battle to get out of sticky situations? checkThe book breezes by and is substantial evidence of Cornwell's improvement as an author, since it was published 24 years after the previous book chronologically and his first ever in Sharpe's Gold, which was easily the worst in the series so far and worse than this one in every which way. This was the second-to-last book Cornwell wrote in the mid 2000s before taking a 15-year break for the Last Kingdom books, and he was on an incredible roll with Sharpe -- these are just delectable fast paced military/adventure books that ooze personality. I'm just hoping that when I go back in time for more of his 1980s ones that they don't have as big a drop in quality as the first two.Kudos to Rupert Farley, whose narration makes every second with the series an absolute joy.

Read this book in 2005, and my very first book that started my collection, and this tale is the 10th volume of this amazing "Richard Sharpe" series.This tale is set in the summer of the year AD 1810 during the Peninsular War.At first, the now Captain Sharpe and his company of redcoats and riflemen will meet and defeat the French on the ridge of Bussaco, but despite this victory the French are still heading towards Lisbon, and the British have to retreat.Having made enemies of the Portuguese, Sharpe and Sergeant Harper during the retreat are lured into a trap in Coimbra designed to kill, only to be rescued by an Englishwoman.Enable to join the British forces at the Lines of Torres Vedras, Sharpe, his company and the rest of the army will do anything to stop this French assault and finally drive them back in a climactic battle.Highly recommended, for this is another superb addition to this magnificent series, and that's why I want to call this episode: "A Marvellous Sharpe Escape"!

Another ripping yarn where our hero, Sharpe, has to rise above the prejudice around him, put down a nasty villain, out-smart the French and win the attractive young lady as usual. What makes the series just a little bit better than just being formulaic is the historical setting - this time the battle of Bussaco (where the French really were brave and stupid, and defeated), the looting of Coimbra and the impasse at the Lines of Torres Verdes. The good writing also helps.I read Sharpe to be entertained, sometimes amused and always informed, and Cornwell never lets me down.

Set in 1810 during the Portugal Peninsular War, the book continues the ongoing campaign between the British, their Portuguese allies and the French enemy.Richard Sharpe and the dutiful Pat Harper rebel ways leave them discarded by his regiment. He wages a war against a private Portuguese enemy. One fought through the burning, pillaged streets of Coimbra.Forced to retreat across treacherous terrain, the British army prepare vast defences at the Lines of Torres Vedras. Their greatest secret and their ultimate hope of stopping the French reaching Lisbon. And risking everything to rejoin his regiment and lead the army into battle once more, is Sharpe. . .If you're familiar with a Sharpe novel, this doesn't deviate from the blueprint. A well described Battle of Bussaco, a female love-interest, and an evil villain - it's all in here. It can also be read as a standalone but I'm following the series in chronological order. A worthy and worthwhile addition to the Sharpe series.

In Portugal in 1810, Sharpe is cut off from his South Essex regiment (which is, naturally, to be given to a higher class commander, who is, naturally, the colonel’s brother in law, not very good at battle and also a drunkard) and finds himself with Sergeant Harper and Vincente, an old Portuguese ally, behind French lines. They pursue a Portuguese major (who is, naturally, a traitor and has colluded with the French, and has a brother who is cruel to women, particularly one pretty woman who, naturally, falls for Sharpe) all the way back to the famed defensive works that Wellington has built at Torres Vedras.Sure, it’s pretty much the same formula as the last installment Sharpe’s Gold (inept rival, traitorous ally), but all these books are cut from the same basic cloth anyway. I don’t read Cornwell for character development, innovation, or vicissitudes in plot. He delivers drama, sufficient historical realism, and the kinds of villains the readers love to hate: they may as well wear black cloaks and twirl handlebar mustaches for all the depth they have. It’s a diverting page-turner, and scenes like the escape from a cellar into sewers, or the climactic battle at the farmhouse, keep me reading.

I've enjoyed every Sharpe adventure I've read so far. This was one of the more interesting one, Sharpe once again in action in Portugal. The history very interesting, dealing with Wellington's building of a fortress-like wall along the coast to keep the French from Lisbon and also destroying crops, foodstuff, etc on the French side of the wall to starve them into submission. In the midst of this, Sharpe is involved with traitorous Portuguese, saving a lovely English girl and trying to find his way, along with his perpetual companion, faithful Sgt Harper to the wall and his regiment. Excellent stuff.!

Another great book in the Sharpe series, Sharpe's Escape is probably one of the best written so far. That being said, all of the Sharpe books are a joy for readability, great writing, incredibly fast moving plots, all set in meticulously researched historical situations. Highly recommended, but for character development best to start with book #1 and read in chronological order.

I don't think Sharpe as a character could have ever been called 'perfect' but I've always found him reasonable. This novel was different because we see a different and more unreasonable side of him due to the fervent dislike of a colleague and I found this quite fascinating. Sharpe's Escape is another cookie-cutter episode of the series but with plenty of brotherhood and action you'd expect. There's a bad guy, a girl and a war- oh and the army is unfair again. Nevertheless, I enjoyed this thoroughly.

Typical Sharpe adventure. Very enjoyable.

Another solid entry in the Sharpe series. These books are formulaic for the most part, but I still enjoy them every time.

Quite early chronologically, but one of the later Sharpe's to be written, this is another very good addition to the series, with Sharpe facing losing his company to a lesser man, hounded by enemies, and for a time, stuck behind the lines. All of Bernard Cornwell's ingredients are here for an excellent read, lots of fighting, big battles, bad guys, injustice, and of course, a beautiful woman. A little bit repetitive in the narrative though, and it perhaps could have been shorter, less being more.