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Shaver's first published work, the novella "I Remember Lemuria", was the cover story in the March 1945 Amazing Stories. Richard Sharpe Shaver (October 8, 1907 – November 5, 1975) was an American writer and artist who achieved notoriety in the years following World War II as the author of controversial stories which were printed in science fiction magazines (primarily Amazing Stories).
Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Badajoz, January to April 1812: 1982: 14: Sharpe's Command: Richard Sharpe and the Bridge at Almaraz, May 1812: 2023: 15: Sharpe's Sword: Richard Sharpe and the Salamanca Campaign, June and July 1812: 1983: 15.1: Sharpe's Skirmish: Richard Sharpe and the Defence of the Tormes, August 1812 (short story) 1999
— in the 1616–24 era. Sharpe "probably became a sharer in the King's Men in 1624" [3] — that is, a partner in the company rather than a mere hired player. Sharpe then switched from important female roles to important male roles — a transition that some boy players (like Robinson or Stephen Hammerton) executed more successfully than others (like John Honyman).
Sharpe's Enemy: Richard Sharpe and the Defence of Portugal, Christmas 1812 is the fifteenth historical novel in the Richard Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell, first published in 1984. The story is set in 1812 during the Napoleonic Wars .
[2] [3] The first part was broadcast on ITV and UTV on 2 November 2008, with the second part shown a week later. [4] Sharpe's Challenge and Sharpe's Peril were broadcast in the US in 2010 as part of PBS's Masterpiece Classic season. The complete series is available on VHS (excluding Sharpe's Challenge and Sharpe's Peril), DVD, Blu-ray and ...
Sharpe's Waterloo is a British television drama, the 14th part of a series that follows the career of Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier during the Napoleonic Wars. The adaptation is based on the 1990 novel of the same name by Bernard Cornwell .
Sharpe sneaks into the village with Sergeant Harper and his "chosen men" on Christmas Eve, when the enemy is drunk and distracted, and frees the captives. While they wait for Captain William Frederickson to bring up his company, it is revealed that Lady Isabella had been a prostitute and Sharpe's lover.
Sharpe's Devil is the twelfth historical novel in the Richard Sharpe series written by Bernard Cornwell and published in 1992. [1] The story is set in 1820, with Sharpe and Harper en route to Chile to find their old friend Blas Vivar. Along the way they encounter the exiled Napoleon Bonaparte and the Scottish former Royal Navy officer Lord ...