• Sharpe's Company: The Siege of Badajoz, January to April 1812

  • The Sharpe Series, Book 13
  • By: Bernard Cornwell
  • Narrated by: Rupert Farley
  • Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (63 ratings)

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Sharpe's Company: The Siege of Badajoz, January to April 1812

By: Bernard Cornwell
Narrated by: Rupert Farley
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Publisher's summary

Captain Richard Sharpe has to lead the attack on the terrible fortress.

It is a hard winter. For Richard Sharpe it is the worst he can remember. He has lost command to a man who could buy the promotion Sharpe covets. His oldest enemy, the ruthless and indestructible Hakeswill, joins the regiment and he is a man with a mission to ruin Sharpe.

But Sharpe is determined to change his luck. The only way - a desperate choice - is to volunteer the Forlorn Hope, to lead the attack on the impregnable fortress town of Badajoz, a road to almost certain death or, just possibly, to heroic glory.

Soldier, hero, rogue - Sharpe is the man you always want on your side. Born in poverty, he joined the army to escape jail and climbed the ranks by sheer brutal courage. He knows no other family than the regiment of the 95th Rifles whose green jacket he proudly wears.

©1982 Bernard Cornwell (P)2014 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Critic reviews

"Sharpe and his creator are national treasures." ( Sunday Telegraph,)
"Bernard Cornwell is a literary miracle. Year after year, hail, rain, snow, war and political upheavals fail to prevent him from producing the most entertaining and readable historical novels of his generation." ( Daily Mail,)
"Cornwell's narration is quite masterly and supremely well-researched." ( Observer)
"The best battle scenes of any writer I've ever read, past or present. Cornwell really makes history come alive." ( George R.R. Martin)

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Amazing, as always

Story genius and narration perfection

I think the narration and the detail of the story is so good, that listening is the best way to consume all the Sharpe novels

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One of the best books I’ve ever read!

This book is electric from start to finish, with 2 tremendous siege scenes to bookend it. The middle is carried by the very dramatic turn of events for Sharpe and the arrival of his great personal enemy.

Rupert Farley gives a tour-de-force performance, and is easily one of the best narrators of all time.

This one is not to be missed!!!

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