Sharpe's Christmas (novel)
- Sharpe's Christmas (novel)
Infobox_Book |
name = Sharpe's Christmas
image_caption = First edition cover
author = Bernard Cornwell
cover_artist =
country = United Kingdom
language = English
series = Richard Sharpe
genre = Historical short story
publisher = The Sharpe Appreciation Society
release_date = September, 2003
media_type = Print (Paperback)
pages = 104 pp (paperback edition)
isbn = ISBN 0-9722220-1-4 (paperback edition)
"Sharpe's Christmas", is a short story collection by historical fiction author Bernard Cornwell. It contains two stories featuring Cornwell's fictional hero Richard Sharpe. It was published by The Sharpe Appreciation Society in 2003 in order to raise funds for The Bernard and Judy Cornwell Foundation.[cite book |title=Sharpe's Christmas |last=Corwell |first=Bernard |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2003 |publisher=The Sharpe Appreciation Society |location= |isbn=978-0-9722220-1-3 |pages=8-9] ]Contents
The two short stories, "Sharpe's Christmas" and "Sharpe's Ransom", contained within this book were originally written for British newspaper the Daily Mail which serialised them during Christmas seasons of 1994 and 1995 respectively. These were later extended by the author for inclusion in this collection.
harpe's Christmas
Set in 1813, towards the end of the Peninsular War, chronoligically this story falls after Sharpe's Regiment.
harpe's Ransom
Set in peacetime after Sharpe's Waterloo this story providing a glimpse of Sharpe's life in Normandy with Lucille.
External links
* [http://bernardcornwell.net/index.cfm?page=2&BookId=39 Section from Bernard Cornwell's website on "Sharpe's Christmas"]
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