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Sharpe's Rifles. Sharpe's Rifles is chronologically the sixth, but the ninth published, historical novel in the Richard Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell, first published in 1988. The narrative follows Sharpe and his unit as they are caught up in the French invasion of Galicia, Spain in January 1809 during the Peninsular War.
Release. 5 May 1993. (1993-05-05) –. 9 November 2008. (2008-11-09) Sharpe is a British television drama series starring Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier in the Napoleonic Wars, with Irish actor Daragh O'Malley playing his second in command, Patrick Harper. Sharpe and Harper are the heroes of the Sharpe series of novels ...
Sharps rifle. .52-caliber (0.52" dia.) 475-grain (30.8 g) projectile with 50-grain (3.2 g) charge, later converted to .50-70 in 1867. The Model 1874 rifles and carbines were available in a variety of calibers, including .45-70, .45-110, and .45-120. Sharps rifles are a series of large-bore, single-shot, falling-block, breech-loading rifles ...
Sharpe's Rifles. (TV programme) Sharpe's Rifles is the first of the Sharpe television dramas, based on Bernard Cornwell 's 1988 novel of the same name. Shown on ITV in 1993, the adaptation stars Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley and Assumpta Serna. It began a long series of successful and critically acclaimed television adaptations of the novels.
Sharpe is a series of historical fiction stories by Bernard Cornwell centred on the character of British soldier Richard Sharpe. The stories formed the basis for an ITV television series featuring Sean Bean in the title role. Cornwell's series is composed of many novels and several short stories, and charts Sharpe's progress in the British Army ...
Christian Sharps died in 1874 having left the company two decades prior, but the impact of his rifle was just becoming fully realized at his death with the advent of the Model 1874 version of the ...
Richard Sharpe first appears in Sharpe's Tiger as a private in the 33rd Regiment of Foot.He later earns the rank of Sergeant by the end of the book. He soon gains promotion to Ensign in the 74th Regiment but is then transferred to the newly formed 95th Rifles as a second lieutenant during Sharpe's Trafalgar.
Print. Preceded by. Sharpe's Company (chronological) Sharpe's Assassin (publication) Sharpe's Command is a historical novel in the Richard Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell, first published in 2023. The story leads up to the Battle of Almaraz, which took place on 18–19 May 1812 in the Peninsular War.