Sharpe's Christmas: Two Short Stories (Richard Sharpe's Adventure Series) | 
 enlarge | Author: Bernard Cornwell
Publisher: Sharpe Appreciation Society
Category: Book
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Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 30064
Media: Paperback
Pages: 104
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 4.9 x 0.3
ISBN: 0972222014
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780972222013
ASIN: 0972222014
Publication Date: September 1, 2003
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Book Description
'Sharpe's Christmas' contains two short stories. In the title story Richard Sharpe, commanding the Prince of Wales's Own Volunteers, finds himself in a high, hard place with an enemy brigade on one side and a desperate force of Frenchmen fleeing their defeat in Spain on the other. The second story, 'Sharpe's Ransom', is set in France, after the wars, when old enemies take Sharpe's woman and child hostage.
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Great Short Yarns June 13, 2008
Richard R. Goulstone (Auckland, New Zealand)
Two short stories, a good quick read and a must to keep your Sharpe collection complete.
 Sharpe's Christmas January 18, 2008
Mercedes (British Columbia, Canada)
This was a golden nugget...did not expect to encounter yet another book in the Sharpe's series...really wish there were more, seeing how B. Cornwell is still living! Unlike P. O'Brian who I cannot resurrect.
Thanks to the friends of the Sharpe's series for pulling this together, and so timely...ie at Christmas.
LOVE this series of books October 22, 2007
J. Hiltibrand (Oklahoma)
This entire series has been wonderful. Good action and also funny at times. Highly recommend this book and all the others to anyone who loves historical fiction.
Yoiks! It's small. April 10, 2007
J. Province (Ohio)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Cornwell was asked to write a short story in the Sharpe series, to be serialized in a newspaper during Christmas week (when the reporters who had seniority would be on vacation, and the newspaper would be hard to fill). The tale, somewhat expanded (according to the preface) is reprinted here in chapbook form. It's another rip-roaring Sharpe episode. If you're reading the books in chronological order, you won't want to miss this story.
2 Short Stories about Richard Sharpe February 13, 2007
June D. Perritt
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book contains two short stories about Christmas and Richard Sharpe. I recommend it only to those who are Sharpe fans and need no introduction to the characters, or circumstances. For those of us who have read all of the Sharpe series, these two light stories are icing on the cake. Buy the book, spend about 2 hours of your time and just enjoy.
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