Sharpe’s Company

by Bernard Cornwell Book 13 in the Sharpe series.

First published 1982

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In 1812, Sharpe loses command of his company and discovers that Obadiah Hakeswill, his oldest enemy, has returned to the regiment. While the British army captures Ciudad Rodrigo and prepares to storm Badajoz, Sharpe is also trying to protect Teresa and their child inside the threatened fortress. To recover his rank and reach his family, he must take part in the assault on Badajoz’s breaches.

Badajoz gives the personal conflict its brutal setting. Sharpe’s loss of rank leaves him unable to protect his men in the way he expects, while Hakeswill threatens Teresa and the child inside the fortress. Recovering command and reaching his family both depend on surviving one of the Peninsular War’s most notorious assaults, where victory for the army offers no guarantee of safety for individuals.