Sharpe's Siege
by Bernard Cornwellliterary work· published 1987
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The war against france and Napoleon continues Wellington ready to launch an ultimate attack, but he must keep powerful french forces from pressing his flank and Sharpe ends up in the middle of a subterfuge plot that only a lucky soldier like him could possibly survive, especially when he is saddled by a glory hogging and as usual, incompetent officer.
Adaptations (1)
Sharpe's Siege was adapted into a 1996 film.
Sharpe's Siege1996 · film · 100 min · dir. Tom Clegg · IMDb ↗IMDb8.0Winter, 1813. Sharpe marries his sweetheart, Jane Gibbons, but has to leave her immediately to go on a dangerous mission in the Pyrenees, to capture a French fort. While Sharpe is battling with the French, his wife contracts a deadly fever which has swept through the British camp and endangers her life. Sharpe encounters his old enemy, Ducos and is compelled to stay at the fort and fight for his country, knowing that even if he survives he may never see his beloved bride again.
