Sharpe y sus fusileros

"The taking of Badajoz offers a clear example of the gallantry of our troops as never before exhibited. But I really want to never again be the instrument that confronts them with a similar test". Such were the words of the Duke of Wellington about the taking of Badajoz (1812), one of the bloodiest episodes of the Napoleonic wars on Spanish soil. His scant respect for discipline, his nobility and recklessness make Richard Sharpe the ideal officer to face an almost impossible mission. Already disposed to the most risky emotions, Sharpe also has powerful personal reasons for getting the British troops out and fighting the city's defences: his wife and daughter are inside. But he will also have to deal in the rear with a sergeant thirsty for revenge, Obadiah Hakeswill... And, as our protagonist well knows, on the battlefield he can only trust the cold steel of his sword to get rid of the dangers that lie ahead. hover over him. With this novel, we smell again the smell of gunpowder, in the recreation of some historical events during the Spanish War of Independence, which changed the face of the world, by the hand of one of the most widely read authors of historical novels in the entire world.