Monday, July 18, 2011

Sharpe's Christmas by Bernard Cornwell

Sharpe's Christmas: Two Short Stories (Richard Sharpe's Adventure Series) - Sharpe's Christmas contains two short stories; the first occurs Christmas 1813, set after Sharpe's Regiment, the second, Sharpe's Ransom, after Sharpe's Waterloo.

Sharpe's Christmas - Sharpe, expecting to spend Christmas in relative peace, instead finds himself with his men defending a mountain road between two French Brigades.

Sharpe's Ransom - Sargeant Challon believes that Sharpe has Napoleon's gold and has come to Normandy to get it.  In order to save Lucille and his son, Sharpe needs to get the cooperation of the townsfolk who have not quite yet accepted him.

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