Sharpes Books

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Richard Sharpe Books in Order

Bernard Cornwell has been writing these books for over 25 years. The first three were first written in order, but since then Bernard has been adding books into the gaps in Sharpe's life.

At the time of writing the full chronologically ordered list of complete novels is below. I have included the short stories in from Sharpe's Christmas as two separate stories in the list.

Sharpe's Tiger 1799 Siege of Seringapatam
Sharpe's Triumph 1803 Battle of Assaye
Sharpe's Fortress 1803 Siege of Gawilghur
Sharpe's Trafalgar 1805 Battle of Trafalgar Sharpes Trafalgar gets 5 stars
Sharpe's Prey 1807 Siege of Copenhagen
Sharpe's Rifles 1808 Retreat to Corunna
Sharpe's Havoc 1809 French Invasion of Portugal
Sharpe's Eagle 1809 Battle of Talavera Sharpes Eagle gets 5 stars
Sharpe's Gold 1810 Destruction of Almeida
Sharpe's Escape 1811 Bussaco Campaign
Sharpe's Fury 1811 Victory of Barossa
Sharpe's Battle 1811 Battle of Fuentes de Onoro
Sharpe's Company 1812 Siege of Badajoz
Sharpe's Sword 1812 Salamanca Campaign Sharpes Sword gets 5 stars
Sharpe's Enemy 1812 Defence of Portugal Sharpes Emeny gets 5 stars
Sharpe's Honour 1813 Vitoria Campaign
Sharpe's Regiment 1813 Invasion of France Sharpes Emeny gets 5 stars
Sharpe's Christmas 1813 French Border
Sharpe's Siege 1814 Winter Campaign
Sharpe's Revenge 1814 Peace of 1814
Sharpe's Waterloo 1815 Waterloo Campaign Sharpes Emeny gets 5 stars
Sharpe's Ransom 1815 Post Waterloo
Sharpe's Devil 1820 -1821 The Emperor