Sharpe's Devil
1820-21 Chile
Published: 1 February 1990
In my eyes a sharpe novel to far, lacks the intensity of the earlier novels. I feel the story of been best left at the end of Sharpe's Waterloo.
Though well researched and written as all Sharpe Books are, it suffers from too many new characters, new situations and new landscapes to find any sense of familiarity at all.
Read it for more completeness sake, rather than with great expectations.
Synopsis
Sharpe's Devil picks up 5 year after the battle of Waterloo. Sharpe's old friend Doña Louisa Vivar who he befriended in Sharpe's Rifles comes to Brittany asking Sharpe to go to Chile to look for her husband , Don Blas Vivar who disappeared there some months before.
Richard Sharpe and his close friend Patrick Harper set off for Chile to so see if they can find Don Blas, but not before going to St Helena to meet Napoleon Bonaparte.
Arriving in Chile they find a difficult situation the British consul informs them that Don Blas's Body was recovered 3 months ago and buried, the country is in a state of open rebellion and Civil War. Don Blas successor Miguel Bautista does not take to Sharpe and Harper and made to feel less than welcome.
Foul play is suspected and our heroes decide to stay on to look into things. This brings conflict with the new General Governor, and forces them into an alliance with the rebels. Can Sharpe and Harper find a way home, discover what really happened to Don Blas, and what other machinations are going on in the back ground?
Sharpe's Devil - Main Characters
Richard Sharpe
Patrick Harper
Captain Ardiles
Miguel Bautista
George Blair
Lucille Castineau
Ferdinand
Sergeant Dregara
Captain Marquinez
Major Miller
Captain Morillo
Major Suarez
Lieutenant Otero
Colonel Ruiz
Don Blas Vivar
Doņa Louisa Vivar
Napoleon Bonaparte
Lord Thomas Cochrane
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Wise Words
"On no Hamlett was no Irishman, he was a fool"
- Captain Hogan
