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Sharpe

by Tom Clegg

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  • Napoleonic Wars

Richard Sharpe fights through the Peninsular War and Waterloo in the British army of the Napoleonic Wars.

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Sharpe

Sean Bean plays Richard Sharpe, a rifleman raised from the ranks, through the Peninsular War and Waterloo in ITV's series of television films based on Bernard Cornwell's novels.

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