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Sharpe's Regiment

By: Bernard Cornwell
Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
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Subtitled Richard Sharpe and the Invasion of France, June to November 1913, this story features a corrupt political enemy who is determined to disband the South Essex Regiment, and to destroy the life of Major Richard Sharpe.

Sharpe returns to England and discovers an illegal recruiting ring that sells soldiers like cattle to other divisions. The ringleaders know Sharpe is on their trail, and they try to kill him at every turn. But Sharpe is fighting for his command, and as he moves from the dark slums of London to the highest courts of political power, Sharpe will risk charges of treason and death for a final chance at revenge.

Don't forget to check out the rest of Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe series.
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Sharpe's Regiment

I have listened to all the available Sharpe's series. It is far and away the best spoken series and this one is no exception. I always found myself wondering what would happen next. I found it hard to get out of the car at times so be careful about listening on your way to work. If you enjoy historical fiction you will love this series. I only hope that the rest of the series will become available on Audible.

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Corruption in recrutiting

This story takes place between June and November 1913 (almost 200 years ago) in both Spain and London. The South Essex Regiment is not getting new men and Sharpe sets off to London to find out why. He finds corrupt politicians, an illegal recruiting ring that sell soldiers to other divisions and steals they wages and a shadow South Essex Regiment. Sharpe sets off to correct this wrong that provides the story with lots of suspense, intrigue and of course at the end of the book in Spain a famous Cornwell battle scene. Cornwell is in my opinion one of the best writers of historical fiction today. Frederick Davidson does a good job reading the book. I hope Audible keeps us stocked with lots of Cornwell books.

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More Please!

Great fun, lots of adventure, some history. I liked all of Bernard Cornwell Sharpe's books so much that I was deeply depressed when I finished the last one available at audible.

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An old recording

I've read this series years ago and enjoyed it
The only thing I really noticed was the actor didn't have a screen over the microphone there was a lot of static noise and breathing sounds

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Fredrick Davidson

Fredrick Davidson is one of my favorite performers and does a splendid job in Sharpe’s Regiment.

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Sharpe joins the army

Trying to find his lost recruits Sharpe and Harper join the ranks and uncovers a hornets nest of corruptions and murder. Buying a new uniform, winning the day and getting to meet the Prince Regent is just some of his big day out. He also gets the girl who is sweat and not a bad looker. So enjoy this episode of Sharpe and learn a thing or two about joining Wellingtons army to fight big bad Bonnie.

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Sharpe’s regiment

Great, exciting and engaging historical fiction….as always 💪🏻 never disappoints , you can’t go wrong with this series

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Fun side quest

Audio version narrated by Frederick Davidson.

This is another side quest entry, but it's a fun one. The first half is almost like a mystery novel and the action in the second is classic Sharpe.

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Different battlefield

I enjoyed the change in the battlefield and the enemy are the bureaucrats and a few old characters.

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The best in historical fiction

In my mind there are two all-time great characters in historical fiction: Uthred of Beddenburg and Richard Sharpe.

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