Richard Sharpe

Sergeant Sharpe saved Arthur Wellesley when he was cut off and surrounded by enemy troops at the Battle of Assaye in India. To Wellesley, Sharpe was a "big brute of a man" who "fought like a demon". Wellesley rewarded Sharpe with a battlefield commission, but feared it would end badly. Because Sharpe was not a "gentleman", Wellesley thought Sharpe's career as an officer would end badly as he would "inevitably" turn to drink. (PROSE: )
During the Battle of Talavera, a French Eagle was captured by Captain Sharpe of the South Essex. (PROSE: )
== Behind the scenes ==
* While his forename wasn't stated in or , the character's full name is , the titular character from and its subsequent ITV . His mention in World Game specifically references the events of the novel , while A Funny Turn refers to the events of .
** The television series starred Michael Cochrane as , David Troughton and Hugh Fraser as Arthur Wellesley, Brian Cox as Major Michael Hogan, Kerry Shale as James Rothschild, Tim Bentinck as Captain John Murray, David Ashton as Major Lennox, James Purefoy as Captain Jack Shears, Christopher Villiers as Colonel Horace Bampfylde, Elizabeth Hurley as Lady Isabella Farthingdale, Alice Krige as La Marquesa de Casares el Grande y Melida Sadaba, Hugh Ross as Major Mungo Munro, John Benfield as General Jean-Baptiste Calvet, Caroline Langrishe as Lady Anne Camoynes as Alexander Armstrong as Lord John Rossendale. Paul McGann was originally cast as Sharpe, but he dropped out when he injured his shin playing football.
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