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font-style:italic; padding-bottom:0.2em;">Sharpe's Gold <span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Sharpe%27s+Gold&rft.author=%5B%5BBernard+Cornwell%5D%5D&rft.date=December+1981&rft.pub=%5B%5BWilliam+Collins%2C+Sons%7CCollins%5D%5D&rft.place=United+Kingdom&rft.pages=252+pp+%28hardcover+edition%29%3Cbr%2F%3E256+pp+%28paperback+edition%29&rft.series=%5B%5BRichard+Sharpe+%28fictional+character%29%7CRichard+Sharpe+stories%5D%5D&rft_id=info:oclcnum/30778321"></span></caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Sharpes_Gold.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f7/Sharpes_Gold.jpg/220px-Sharpes_Gold.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="349" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f7/Sharpes_Gold.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="251" data-file-height="398" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">First edition</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Author</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Cornwell" title="Bernard Cornwell">Bernard Cornwell</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Series</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Sharpe_(fictional_character)" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Sharpe (fictional character)">Richard Sharpe stories</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Historical_novels" class="mw-redirect" title="Historical novels">Historical novels</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publisher</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Collins,_Sons" title="William Collins, Sons">Collins</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Publication date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">December 1981</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publication place</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Media type</th><td class="infobox-data">Print (hardback and paperback) and <a href="/wiki/Compact_disc" title="Compact disc">audio-CD</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pages</th><td class="infobox-data">252 pp (hardcover edition)<br />256 pp (paperback edition)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output 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class="infobox-label">Followed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Company" title="Sharpe's Company">Sharpe's Company</a> </i>(publication)<i><br /><a href="/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Escape" title="Sharpe's Escape">Sharpe's Escape</a> </i>(chronological)<i> </i></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Sharpe's Gold</b></i> is the second (though ninth in chronological order) historical novel in the <a href="/wiki/Sharpe_(novel_series)" title="Sharpe (novel series)">Richard Sharpe series</a> by <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Cornwell" title="Bernard Cornwell">Bernard Cornwell</a> first published in 1981. The story is set in August 1810 and features the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Almeida_(1810)" title="Siege of Almeida (1810)">destruction of Almeida</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Peninsular_War" title="Peninsular War">Peninsular War</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot_summary">Plot summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sharpe%27s_Gold&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Wellesley,_1st_Duke_of_Wellington" title="Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington">General Wellington</a> gives <a href="/wiki/Sharpe_(novel_series)" title="Sharpe (novel series)">Richard Sharpe</a> a crucial secret mission: to retrieve a hoard of Spanish gold he desperately needs to continue fighting the French. The gold is behind enemy lines, in the keeping of Spanish guerrillas led by El Católico, who delights in torturing French prisoners to death. Claud Hardy, one of <a href="/wiki/List_of_Sharpe_series_characters#Michael_Hogan" title="List of Sharpe series characters">Major Michael Hogan</a>'s exploring officers, was assigned to keep an eye on the guerrillas and the gold after a failed attempt by British cavalry to fetch it. (The wealthy Hardy is the lover of <a href="/wiki/Josefina_LaCosta" class="mw-redirect" title="Josefina LaCosta">Josefina LaCosta</a>, Sharpe's love interest from <i><a href="/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Eagle_(novel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sharpe's Eagle (novel)">Sharpe's Eagle</a></i>.) </p><p>Sharpe sets off with his small company, under the command of Major Kearsey, another exploring officer. Kearsey makes it clear that he believes that the gold belongs to the Spanish and the purpose of the mission is to return it to them. When Kearsey is captured by the French, Sharpe decides to go into the town and rescue him, as the partisans trust the major. They free not only Kearsey, but also Teresa Moreno and her brother Ramon, the offspring of Cesare Moreno. The elder Moreno led a small group of partisans, but it joined El Católico's larger band. Sharpe is strongly attracted to Teresa, who is betrothed to El Católico. </p><p>When Sharpe meets El Católico, the latter admits knowledge of the gold and strongly implies the British intend to take possession of it rather than merely escort it to the Spanish government in Cadiz. He claims that he witnessed the French take the gold and capture Captain Hardy. El Católico sends some of his men to escort Sharpe and his men partway back toward British lines, but when they leave, Sharpe doubles back late that night to search a fresh new grave. El Católico is not fooled, and he and his men are waiting for Sharpe. El Católico makes Sharpe keep digging; he finds nothing but a corpse. <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Harper_(fiction)" class="mw-redirect" title="Patrick Harper (fiction)">Patrick Harper</a>, however, sees one of the partisans stick his sword into a large pile of manure nearby. He finds the gold hidden underneath. Sharpe takes Teresa hostage to extricate himself, his men and the gold. </p><p>Sharpe and his men are harried by both the partisans and the French. As a result, he no has choice but to try to reach the fortress of <a href="/wiki/Almeida,_Portugal" title="Almeida, Portugal">Almeida</a>, which is about to be besieged by the French, rather than go directly to Wellington. During this trek, Sharpe and Teresa fall in love. When questioned, she admits that El Católico murdered Hardy (after the latter found El Católico moving the gold) and that her fiancé intends to use it for his own ends, rather than turn it over to the <a href="/wiki/Junta_(Peninsular_War)" title="Junta (Peninsular War)">provisional Spanish government</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cadiz" class="mw-redirect" title="Cadiz">Cadiz</a>. </p><p>Sharpe and his men are caught on open ground, about to be overrun by French lancers, but are rescued by a unit of <a href="/wiki/King%27s_German_Legion" title="King's German Legion">King's German Legion</a> cavalry under Captain Lossow, who was sent by Hogan to search for them. In Almeida, he clashes with the commander of the fortress, the English Brigadier Cox. Sharpe had an order personally written by Wellington, requiring that all officers give Sharpe whatever assistance he requires, but Kearsey had torn it up, so Cox is suspicious of his motives. El Católico, his men and a Spanish officer arrive the same night and lodge a claim for the gold on behalf of the Spanish government. Unable to contact Wellington, as the <a href="/wiki/Telegraph" class="mw-redirect" title="Telegraph">telegraph</a> is destroyed by French artillery before a message can be sent, Cox orders Sharpe to surrender the gold to El Católico and join the garrison. </p><p>That night, there is a final showdown between Sharpe and El Católico on the roof of a building adjacent to where the gold is stored. Sharpe, knowing that El Católico is a far superior swordsman, in desperation lets El Católico stab him through the leg with his <a href="/wiki/Rapier" title="Rapier">rapier</a>, but prevents him from extracting the weapon. With El Católico effectively disarmed, Sharpe first knocks him unconscious, then cuts his throat. </p><p>This, however, has no bearing on Cox's insistence on giving the gold to the partisans, so in desperation, Sharpe decides to blow up the fortress's <a href="/wiki/Magazine_(artillery)" title="Magazine (artillery)">magazine</a>. A stray French shell ignites the gunpowder trail he has laid to the magazine. The massive ensuing explosion kills hundreds of the garrison, including Kearsey. With his ammunition gone and part of his fortifications in ruins, Cox is forced to surrender. Sharpe and Lossow depart with their men and the gold before the French forces enter. </p><p>Teresa returns to the partisans; with El Católico dead, she is likely to take over command. </p><p>When Sharpe delivers the gold (less what he gives Teresa and keeps for himself and his men), he learns that it is to pay for the construction of the enormous defensive <a href="/wiki/Lines_of_Torres_Vedras" title="Lines of Torres Vedras">lines of Torres Vedras</a>, which form an impregnable barrier between <a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_France" title="Marshal of France">Marshal</a> <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Mass%C3%A9na" title="André Masséna">Masséna</a>'s army and <a href="/wiki/Lisbon" title="Lisbon">Lisbon</a>. Hogan reassures Sharpe that the gold was more necessary to Wellington than Almeida. </p><p>Sharpe is granted a month's leave by Wellington, so he takes the opportunity to renew his acquaintance with Josefina LaCosta, who has set herself up in Lisbon as an exclusive <a href="/wiki/Courtesan" title="Courtesan">courtesan</a>. When she complains after Sharpe chases away her latest client, a wealthy lieutenant, Sharpe laughs and drops gold coins, showing that he has enough of "Sharpe's gold" for her. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Characters">Characters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sharpe%27s_Gold&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Characters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Sharpe_(fictional_character)" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Sharpe (fictional character)">Richard Sharpe</a> — Captain in the British army, officer of rifles</li> <li>Sergeant <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Harper_(fiction)" class="mw-redirect" title="Patrick Harper (fiction)">Patrick Harper</a> — sergeant in the British army, close friend and ally to Sharpe</li> <li>Major Michael Hogan – Wellington's intelligence-gathering officer</li> <li>Major Kearsey – one of Major Hogan's exploring officers</li> <li>Colonel Joaquín 'El Católico' Jovellanos – local partisan commander</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teresa_Moreno" class="mw-redirect" title="Teresa Moreno">Teresa Moreno</a> — Partisan leader</li> <li>Ramon Moreno – Teresa's brother</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References_or_allusions">References or allusions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sharpe%27s_Gold&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References or allusions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References_to_actual_history,_geography_and_current_science"><span id="References_to_actual_history.2C_geography_and_current_science"></span>References to actual history, geography and current science</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sharpe%27s_Gold&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References to actual history, geography and current science"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sharpe's story continues to be "intimately linked"<sup id="cite_ref-sharpesEagle_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sharpesEagle-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the real-life story of Sir <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Wellesley,_1st_Duke_of_Wellington" title="Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington">Arthur Wellesley</a>, who appears again in this book. Here the Duke is suffering from money worries as Cornwell states he "knew that money kept an army efficient".<sup id="cite_ref-sharpesGoldIntro_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sharpesGoldIntro-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although El Catolico and his treasure trove are literary inventions, the guerrillas and gold alluded to in this novel were an important part of the war against France ("the twin allies of British victory"); Cornwell admits that the "Sharpe books do not do justice to the guerillas".<sup id="cite_ref-sharpesGoldIntro_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sharpesGoldIntro-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The books tells a fictionalised account of the destruction of Almeida which, as Cornwell notes "conveniently for a writer of fiction",<sup id="cite_ref-sharpesGoldNotes_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sharpesGoldNotes-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> remains a mystery. The <a href="/wiki/Lines_of_Torres_Vedras" title="Lines of Torres Vedras">Lines of Torres Vedras</a> mentioned at the end of the novel are also a historical reality. Both sites were visited by the author during his research for the novel. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References_in_other_works">References in other works</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sharpe%27s_Gold&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References in other works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The character of <a href="/wiki/Teresa_Moreno" class="mw-redirect" title="Teresa Moreno">Teresa Moreno</a>, who is introduced in this novel, goes on to play an important role in the following books of the series. She and Sharpe become lovers in this novel, though Sharpe's return to Josefina at the end of the novel prompt the reader to speculate on the degree of attraction between him and Teresa. </p><p>The characters of Josefina and Claud Hardy were introduced in Cornwell's previous novel <i><a href="/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Eagle_(novel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sharpe's Eagle (novel)">Sharpe's Eagle</a></i>. </p><p>The Lines of Torres Vedras are better described in <i><a href="/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Escape_(novel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sharpe's Escape (novel)">Sharpe's Escape</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Adaptation">Adaptation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sharpe%27s_Gold&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Adaptation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A 1995 TV adaptation of the <a href="/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Gold_(TV_programme)" title="Sharpe's Gold (TV programme)">same name</a> was produced by <a href="/wiki/Central_Independent_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Independent Television">Central Independent Television</a> for the <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a> network in the UK starring <a href="/wiki/Sean_Bean" title="Sean Bean">Sean Bean</a> and <a href="/wiki/Daragh_O%27Malley" title="Daragh O'Malley">Daragh O'Malley</a> although this bore little resemblance to the novel.<sup id="cite_ref-kneale_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kneale-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publication_history">Publication history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sharpe%27s_Gold&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Publication history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1981, UK, HarperCollins <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-00-222129-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-00-222129-2">0-00-222129-2</a>, 1 December 1981, Hardback</li> <li>1982, USA, Viking Press <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-670-63943-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-670-63943-5">0-670-63943-5</a>, 1 January 1982, Hardback</li> <li>1995, UK, HarperCollins <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-00-617314-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-00-617314-4">0-00-617314-4</a>, 1 December 1995, Paperback</li> <li>2004, USA, Signet <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-451-21341-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-451-21341-6">0-451-21341-6</a>, 3 August 2004, Paperback</li></ul> <p>This is Bernard Cornwell's second novel and according to the author the hardest to write.<sup id="cite_ref-bernardCornwell_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bernardCornwell-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was written as a warm-up for his "series of tales about the adventures of a British rifleman in the <a href="/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars" title="Napoleonic Wars">Napoleonic Wars</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-sharpesEagle_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sharpesEagle-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was published in the same year, and just ten months after, the first novel. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sharpe%27s_Gold&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-sharpesEagle-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-sharpesEagle_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sharpesEagle_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCorwell1994" class="citation book cs1">Corwell, Bernard (1994). <i>Sharpe's Eagle</i>. London: HarperCollins Publishers. pp. vi–vii. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-00-780509-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-00-780509-9"><bdi>978-0-00-780509-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Sharpe%27s+Eagle&rft.place=London&rft.pages=vi-vii&rft.pub=HarperCollins+Publishers&rft.date=1994&rft.isbn=978-0-00-780509-9&rft.aulast=Corwell&rft.aufirst=Bernard&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASharpe%27s+Gold" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sharpesGoldIntro-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-sharpesGoldIntro_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sharpesGoldIntro_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCorwell1993" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Cornwell" title="Bernard Cornwell">Corwell, Bernard</a> (1993). <i>Sharpe's Gold</i>. London: HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 7–9. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-00-780508-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-00-780508-2"><bdi>978-0-00-780508-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Sharpe%27s+Gold&rft.place=London&rft.pages=7-9&rft.pub=HarperCollins+Publishers&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=978-0-00-780508-2&rft.aulast=Corwell&rft.aufirst=Bernard&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASharpe%27s+Gold" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sharpesGoldNotes-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-sharpesGoldNotes_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCorwell1993" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Cornwell" title="Bernard Cornwell">Corwell, Bernard</a> (1993). <i>Sharpe's Gold</i>. London: HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 301–3. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-00-780508-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-00-780508-2"><bdi>978-0-00-780508-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Sharpe%27s+Gold&rft.place=London&rft.pages=301-3&rft.pub=HarperCollins+Publishers&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=978-0-00-780508-2&rft.aulast=Corwell&rft.aufirst=Bernard&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASharpe%27s+Gold" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-kneale-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-kneale_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMurray2006" class="citation book cs1">Murray, Andy (2006). <i>Into the Unknown: The Fantastic Life of Nigel Kneale</i> (paperback). London: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Headpress&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Headpress (page does not exist)">Headpress</a>. p. 175. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-900486-50-4" title="Special:BookSources/1-900486-50-4"><bdi>1-900486-50-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Into+the+Unknown%3A+The+Fantastic+Life+of+Nigel+Kneale&rft.place=London&rft.pages=175&rft.pub=Headpress&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=1-900486-50-4&rft.aulast=Murray&rft.aufirst=Andy&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASharpe%27s+Gold" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-bernardCornwell-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-bernardCornwell_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080127164527/http://www.bernardcornwell.net/index.cfm?page=2&BookId=8">"Sharpe's Gold"</a>. bernardcornwell.net. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bernardcornwell.net/index.cfm?page=2&BookId=8">the original</a> on 27 January 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 May</span> 2008</span>. <q>It's always said that the second book is the most difficult to write, and I can remember finding it very hard, which is a reason why I've never re-read Sharpe's Gold either. I do remember a splendid scene with Sergeant Patrick Harper and a dungheap and that Sharpe meets the first of his wives while trying to rescue a great pile of Spanish gold. 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selflink">Sharpe's Gold</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Company" title="Sharpe's Company">Sharpe's Company</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Sword" title="Sharpe's Sword">Sharpe's Sword</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Enemy" title="Sharpe's Enemy">Sharpe's Enemy</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Honour" title="Sharpe's Honour">Sharpe's Honour</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Regiment" title="Sharpe's Regiment">Sharpe's Regiment</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Siege" title="Sharpe's Siege">Sharpe's Siege</a></i> (1987)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Rifles" title="Sharpe's Rifles">Sharpe's Rifles</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Revenge" title="Sharpe's Revenge">Sharpe's Revenge</a></i> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Waterloo" title="Sharpe's Waterloo">Sharpe's Waterloo</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Devil" title="Sharpe's Devil">Sharpe's Devil</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Christmas" title="Sharpe's Christmas">Sharpe's Christmas</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Battle" title="Sharpe's Battle">Sharpe's Battle</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Ransom" title="Sharpe's Ransom">Sharpe's Ransom</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Tiger" title="Sharpe's Tiger">Sharpe's Tiger</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Triumph" title="Sharpe's Triumph">Sharpe's Triumph</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Fortress" title="Sharpe's Fortress">Sharpe's Fortress</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Skirmish" title="Sharpe's Skirmish">Sharpe's Skirmish</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Trafalgar" title="Sharpe's Trafalgar">Sharpe's Trafalgar</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Prey" title="Sharpe's Prey">Sharpe's Prey</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Havoc" title="Sharpe's Havoc">Sharpe's Havoc</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Escape" title="Sharpe's Escape">Sharpe's Escape</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Fury" title="Sharpe's Fury">Sharpe's Fury</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Assassin" title="Sharpe's Assassin">Sharpe's Assassin</a></i> (2021)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Command" title="Sharpe's Command">Sharpe's Command</a></i> (2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Warlord_Chronicles" title="The Warlord Chronicles">The Warlord Chronicles</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Winter_King_(novel)" title="The Winter King (novel)">The Winter King</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Enemy_of_God_(novel)" title="Enemy of God (novel)">Enemy of God</a></i> (1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Excalibur:_A_Novel_of_Arthur" title="Excalibur: A Novel of Arthur">Excalibur</a></i> (1997)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Grail_Quest" title="The Grail Quest">The Grail Quest</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Harlequin_(Cornwell_novel)" title="Harlequin (Cornwell novel)">Harlequin</a></i> (aka <i>The Archer's Tale</i>) (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Vagabond_(novel)" title="Vagabond (novel)">Vagabond</a></i> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Heretic_(novel)" title="Heretic (novel)">Heretic</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1356_(novel)" title="1356 (novel)">1356</a></i> (2012)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Saxon_Stories" title="The Saxon Stories">The Saxon Stories</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Kingdom" title="The Last Kingdom">The Last Kingdom</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Pale_Horseman" title="The Pale Horseman">The Pale Horseman</a></i> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lords_of_the_North" title="The Lords of the North">The Lords of the North</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sword_Song_(Cornwell_novel)" title="Sword Song (Cornwell novel)">Sword Song</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Burning_Land" title="The Burning Land">The Burning Land</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Death_of_Kings" title="Death of Kings">Death of Kings</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Pagan_Lord" title="The Pagan Lord">The Pagan Lord</a></i> (2013)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Empty_Throne" title="The Empty Throne">The Empty Throne</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Warriors_of_the_Storm" title="Warriors of the Storm">Warriors of the Storm</a></i> (2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Flame_Bearer" title="The Flame Bearer">The Flame Bearer</a></i> (2016)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/War_of_the_Wolf" title="War of the Wolf">War of the Wolf</a></i> (2018)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sword_of_Kings" title="Sword of Kings">Sword of Kings</a></i> (2019)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/War_Lord_(novel)" title="War Lord (novel)">War Lord</a></i> (2020)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other novels</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Sea_Lord_(novel)" title="Sea Lord (novel)">Sea Lord</a></i> (aka <i>Killer's Wake</i>) (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Starbuck_Chronicles" title="The Starbuck Chronicles">The Starbuck Chronicles</a></i> series (1993–96)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gallows_Thief" title="Gallows Thief">Gallows Thief</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Azincourt_(novel)" title="Azincourt (novel)">Azincourt</a></i> (2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Fort_(novel)" title="The Fort (novel)">The Fort</a></i> (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fools_and_Mortals" title="Fools and Mortals">Fools and Mortals</a></i> (2017)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Non-fiction</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Waterloo:_The_History_of_Four_Days,_Three_Armies_and_Three_Battles" title="Waterloo: The History of Four Days, Three Armies and Three Battles">Waterloo: The History of Four Days, Three Armies and Three Battles</a></i> (2014)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">TV adaptations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Sharpe_(TV_series)" title="Sharpe (TV series)">Sharpe</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Rifles_(TV_programme)" title="Sharpe's Rifles (TV programme)">Sharpe's Rifles</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Eagle_(TV_programme)" title="Sharpe's Eagle (TV programme)">Sharpe's Eagle</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Company_(TV_programme)" title="Sharpe's Company (TV programme)">Sharpe's Company</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Enemy_(TV_programme)" title="Sharpe's Enemy (TV programme)">Sharpe's Enemy</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Honour_(TV_programme)" title="Sharpe's Honour (TV programme)">Sharpe's Honour</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Gold_(TV_programme)" title="Sharpe's Gold (TV programme)">Sharpe's Gold</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Battle_(TV_programme)" title="Sharpe's Battle (TV programme)">Sharpe's Battle</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Sword_(TV_programme)" title="Sharpe's Sword (TV programme)">Sharpe's Sword</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Regiment_(TV_programme)" title="Sharpe's Regiment (TV programme)">Sharpe's Regiment</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Siege_(TV_programme)" title="Sharpe's Siege (TV programme)">Sharpe's Siege</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Mission" title="Sharpe's Mission">Sharpe's Mission</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Revenge_(TV_programme)" title="Sharpe's Revenge (TV programme)">Sharpe's Revenge</a></i></li> <li><i><a 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