This text is a guide to the historical and military background to the characters and events of the Sharpe novels.

Sharpe Companion

Adkin, Mark.

Literature & Fiction

Harpercollins

In Richard Sharpe, Bernard Cornwell has created one of the great heroes of historical fiction, whose exploits continue to thrill a wide audience. The novels, and the television adaptations starring Sean Bean, have succeeded in whetting the appetite of many readers for one of the most eventful and exciting periods in history. Packed with illustrations, historical and military background and contemporary accounts and anecdotes, "The Sharpe Companion" provides a guide to the life and times of Richard Sharpe. Since the original companion was published, Sharpe has marched on. His exploits are now too many to fit into a single volume, so this volume focuses on the first 30 years of Sharpe's life: his boyhood in London, his experiences as a recruit and his rise through the ranks during the Indian campaigns, the special mission that took him to Denmark and his part in the Battle of Trafalgar.

The Sharpe Companion

HARPER/COLLINS

Named "the direct heir to Patrick O'Brian" by The Economist, Bernard Cornwell is the undisputed master of historical battle fi ction, and for more than twenty years, his Richard Sharpe series has thrilled millions of readers worldwide on both the page and on television. Now author Mark Adkin, a major in the British army, has created this indispensable guide covering Sharpe's early career, from his beginnings as an illiterate private fighting on the battlefields of India to his legendary command of the Light Company. A treasure not only for fans of the series but also for anyone interested in nineteenth-century warfare, The Sharpe Companion includes: <ul>
<li>A chapter devoted to each Sharpe book</li> <li>Glossary of characters, both real and fictional</li> <li>Illustrations and photographs</li> <li>Maps of every battle and skirmish</li> </ul>
Full of fascinating historical details, thrilling contemporary accounts of actual battles, and impeccable research, The Sharpe Companion is a must for every student of military history and an essential addition to every Sharpe fan's library.

The Sharpe Companion: The Early Years

United States

Harper-perennial

It took endurance beyond belief. On Christmas Day, 1941, Hong Kong fell to the Japanese Army, and George Wright-Nooth--along with many other British soldiers and personnel stationed there--became their prisoner. This is their shocking story, captured in Wright-Nooth's secret diary, kept at great risk. What unfolds is the horrifying tale of near starvation, cruel beatings, and massacres. The term "turnip heads" comes from the nickname that the Chinese called the Japanese, their long-time enemies.

Prisoner of the Turnip Heads: The Fall of Hong Kong and the Imprisionment by the Japanese

Biographies & Memoirs

Wright-Nooth, George

Leaders & Notable People

Cassell

Goose Green was the first land battle of the Falklands War. It was also the longest, the hardest-fought, the most controversial and the most important to win. What began as a raid became a vicious, 14-hour infantry struggle, in which 2 Para - outnumbered, exhausted, forced to attack across open ground in full daylight, and with inadequate fire support - lost their commanding officer, and almost lost the action. This is the only full-length, detailed account of this crucial battle. Drawing on the eye-witness accounts of both British and Argentinian soldiers who fought at Goose Green, and their commanders' narratives, it has become the definitive account of most important and controversial land battle of the Falklands War. A compelling story of men engaged in a battle that hung in the balance for hours, in which Colonel 'H' Jones' solo charge against an entrenched enemy won him a posthumous V.C., and which for both sides was a gruelling and often terrifying encounter.

Goose Green : A Battle Is Fought to Be Won

History

World

Cassell Military Paperbacks

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Urgent Fury: The Battle for Grenada (Issues in Low Intensity Conflict)

Americas

Lexington Books

The Charge

Europe

Random House]

Afghanistan -- the Bear Trap: The Defeat of a Superpower

Yousaf, Mohammad

Military

Diane Pub Co.

<li>Unlike any Gettysburg book now available with comprehensive, blow-by-blow account of the celebrated Civil War battle </li>
<li>Lavishly illustrated with color maps, diagrams, charts, drawings, paintings, and period photos along with modern-day photos that are overlaid with markings to show troop movements </li>
<li>Covers uniforms, equipment, and weaponry as well as orders of battle and tactics There have been many books about Gettysburg, but never one to rival this in scale or authority. Based on extensive research, The Gettysburg Companion describes the battle in detail, drawing on firsthand accounts of participants on all sides in order to give the reader a vivid sense of what it was like to experience the carnage at Gettysburg in early July 1863. The many full-color maps--all specially commissioned for the book--and the numerous photographs, charts, and diagrams make this book a feast for the eyes and a collector's dream.
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Gettysburg Companion: A Guide to the Most Famous Battle of the Civil War

Stackpole Books

To comprehend and chronicle the sheer scale of the conflict on the Western Front demands a book of similar scope. Now, published for the centenary of the start of World War I in August 2014, here is that book. More than merely a chronological account of the fighting, The Western Front Companion is an astonishingly comprehensive and forensic anatomy of how and why the armies fought, of their weapons, equipment, and tactics, for over four long and bloody years, on a battlefield stretching from the Belgian coast to the Swiss frontier--a distance of 450 miles.
<li>Comprehensive coverage of World War I's Western Front</li>
<li>Breaks down the battles that took place in France and Belgium from 1914 to 1918 in trenches and fields, on muddy river plains, and against forts</li>
<li>Covers the uniforms, equipment, and weaponry, as well as the strategy, tactics, and orders of battle of all sides</li>
<li>Impressively illustrated with color maps, diagrams, charts, drawings, and period photos</li>
<li>Includes modern-day photos overlaid with markings to show troop movements</li>
<li>Required reference for scholars and military history buffs as the war's 100th anniversary approaches</li>

Western Front Companion

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