SHARPE'S HAVOC is something good and something different that is worth trying out. First-time readers should not have any problem following this story since it moves straightforwardly within the timeframe inside the novel. War is never pretty and Cornwell does nothing to glorify it. The book is a bit graphic when it comes to the brutality by the French soldiers against the Portuguese. Paul McGann does a good job in narrating this war campaign and keeps the power moving. He is a man of action and that is what readers will get as they listen to this recording. He did not survive 18 books by sitting back. The rifleman will not let a weenie pencil pusher get the best of him, especially when he steals his telescope. He will do anything for money including selling his country.īut his plan fails and Sharpe is on to him. He is a traitor working with the French and wants nothing more to have Sharpe and his men killed. What they are unaware is that Colonel Christopher has a special plan for Kate and he is also playing both sides of the war.

Working together they find Kate and are bringing her back. HarperCollins, 2004 - British - 369 pages. Sharpes havoc (2003 edition) Open Library It looks like youre offline. He is also warned to keep an eye on Colonel Henry Christopher, an officer with British Intelligence who apparently has his own agenda.ĭuring their search they are attacked by the French and assist a group of Portuguese soldiers in defending their land. Sharpes Havoc: Richard Sharpe and the Campaign in Northern Portugal, Spring 1809. Sharpes Havoc by Bernard Cornwell, 2003, HarperCollins edition, in English - 1st ed. Sharpe's commanding officer tells him to take his men and find the girl. By Cornwell, Bernard Performed by (orchestra, band, ensemble) Gaminara, William. Kate Savage has run away from home for some unexplained reason and with the French threat it is important that they find her. Sharpe's mission is to locate the 19-year-old daughter of a prominent Portuguese winemaker. It is the spring of 1809 and Napoleon's army is invading Portugal.

In the 19th entry of a long-running series, rifleman Lieutenant Richard Sharpe returns to Portugal in search of a girl.

Sharpe's Havoc by Bernard Cornwell