r/Sharpe

I promised my wife I would stop fighting after my last battle. Upon return from said battle, I was accused of something I didn't do and was forced to fight a duel to keep my honor intact. I ended up not killing the guy but somebody else did and I got blamed for it so I had to go on the run. After I went to great lengths to clear my name and prove my innocence, I returned to find my wife had run away and taken all of my money(10,000 guineas!) and had started cheating on me with my friend.

TL;DR Am I the ass hole for being forced to break my promise to defend my honor?

Edit: I still love her and when I find the man that stole her from me, I swear I will kill the gutless coward

I know we're probably supposed to, but i get borderline angry with Kearsey throughout the course of Sharpe's Gold.

His vanity that the Spanish would never lie to/betray him.

His actual belief that the British had betrayed the Spanish after Talavera by retreating to a place where they could regroup and feed themselves.

His actual refusal to obey the orders from Wellington and indeed tearing up those orders.

Even when he saw that Teresa was unharmed and she told him that Claud Hardy was murdered by El Católico, he initially refused to believe the truth.

I felt like he made Sharpe and the Light Company's mission at least twice as hard as it would have been, by his undermining.

So what's your views on Kearsey and why?

Got back into watching Sharpe again on ITV. Absolutely loved it in the 90s as a teen but hadn't watched Sharpe's Enemy for nearly 30 years and forgotten how grim it was. Easily the darkest episode in the series.

Hakeswill is as evil as I'd remembered and Poselthwaite played him fantastically, but Pot au-Feu (played by Tony Haygarth) was something else. Proper matter of fact psychopath who let Hakeswill rape and run a brothel with trafficked women for the deserters because it suited him and gave him and Hakeswill cash before the ransom money came through. Haygarth always excelled in playing horrible characters like this.

Lady Farthingdale's beautiful maid at 4 mins 58 seconds in is presumably raped by Hakeswill and others at the inn because we see her later at 1 hour 6 mins and 19 seconds being forcibly taken from Sarah Dubreton's quarters and she's dishevelled, covered in dirt, has bruises on her neck, decolletage and arms, and her dress and blouse is soiled. Presumably she was put in Dubreton's quarters to let Dubreton know what will happen to her if the ransom money doesn't come through. Then the maid is thrown into the crowd below to be gang raped for stolen loot. Later on, Hakeswill kills Teresa Moreno and tries to rape Lady Farthingdale too

Is the maid ever mentioned again? Even though she's a minor character played by an extra, it's horrific what happened to her. As a father, I picked up on way more than I did as a teenager and it made me a bit uneasy watching this again. Great episode though.

While being an autist, and reading about the Fairburn-Sykes knife, I happened to look up Wilkinson Sword, the company that manufactured them. Known today for their startling brand of very reasonably priced(!) razors.

And who was it, my dear enlisted men, who founded this company?

A Mr Nock, of London. The Mr Nock, of London.

Not only did he arm Mr Harper, he is also responsible for arming a great deal of the population with the means to shave.

I realise this is very boring stuff, but I felt I simply had to share it. It’s simple, I see Nock, I make post.

I hope you all enjoyed this very dull announcement.

Jane Sharpe what the actual fuck?!

"Don't take any notice of what happened today. That wasn't your fault, you were led by a bishop! What bloody use is a bishop to anyone? You might as well go into battle with a lawyer." Vicente gave Sharpe a swift and reproving glance...

I'm looking for a POS machine for protocal 101.1 and 101.8

Over Christmas I picked up Sharpe’s Tiger to read, and then decided to read all books in chronological order, including the short stories. Today I start Sharpe’s Devil. That’s 23 books and 3 short stories in just under 8 months.
I’ve read all the books a fair few times, and so I wanted to quiz myself on Sharpe general knowledge. Chat GPT came up with questions that were either too easy or completely incorrect. So I thought I’d throw it over to you - give me your best Sharpe general knowledge questions so I can test myself.
I’ll get the ball rolling:

1. Who ran the foundling home where Sharpe grew up?
2. Name the Dutch regiment that Sharpe was the Lieutenant Colonel for at Waterloo.
3. Where was Captain Frederickson posted after the peace of 1814?
4. How was Colonel McCandless related to William Lawford?
5. What was Theresa known as when she was leader of her partisan band?
   *If you’re answering, please use spoiler tags to not give away to others
   Enjoy!

I finished Sharpes Company today, and damn, I am sad for poor old Knowles. A hero to the last, first in the castle, then fully focused on trying to protect Teresa. Only to die like that. Heartbreaking!

Also in the end, they do not even mention it to Windham! "Oh by the way, Obadiah Hakeswill murdered Captain Knowles, maybe do something about it?"