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Sharpe's Trafalgar: The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805 (The Sharpe Series, Book 4)
- Narrated by: Rupert Farley
- Length: 13 hrs and 12 mins
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Summary
Richard Sharpe, travelling home aboard the 'Revenant', meets Admiral Nelson and his fleet, on what was a calm October day off Cape Trafalgar.
Soldier, hero, rogue - Sharpe is the man you always want on your side. Born in poverty, he joined the army to escape jail and climbed the ranks by sheer brutal courage. He knows no other family than the regiment of the 95th Rifles whose green jacket he proudly wears.
Critic reviews
"Bernard Cornwell is a literary miracle. Year after year, hail, rain, snow, war and political upheavals fail to prevent him from producing the most entertaining and readable historical novels of his generation." ( Daily Mail)
"Cornwell's narration is quite masterly and supremely well-researched."( Observer)
"The best battle scenes of any writer I've ever read, past or present. Cornwell really makes history come alive." ( George R.R. Martin)
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- Anonymous User
- 18-06-19
Great listen
Loved it great listen, Great story enthralling throughout.
Gets me through the night when working
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- paul jouny
- 06-11-19
Cornwell at his Best
Full of intrigue blood and guts keeps you riveted as normal great History coupled with brilliant story telling.
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- Mrs Claire Holt
- 08-03-22
excitement on the high seas
Fantastic portrayal of a battle at sea and Sharpe gets the girl, what's not to like.
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- E Revis
- 17-09-17
'An action rich story'
This book is very well structured and the audible acted. This is one of my favourites of the Sharpe series mixing history with fiction (Faction as I call it).
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- Martin Ogle
- 23-06-20
Love the books love the audio
The narration and characterization is fantastic, my only complaint and this is a very small complaint is that Rupert Farley has a small repertoire of Scottish accents... nonetheless, he is a great story teller.
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- Amazon Customerm
- 25-04-21
brilliant
The story is well told. It's very distracting Time flies. Listening to a great story
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- Amazon Customer
- 15-07-23
As good as it gets!
Another great Sharpe story superbly narrated. This time Sharpe finds himself towards the end of the story in the thick of the action at the battle of Trafalgar. Cornwall does a tremendous job conveying the battle, you are swept up in the action from the British Ships of the Line formed up and heading straight towards the French and Spanish ships, to bloody hand to hand fighting with Sharpe in the midst of it! This is another great Sharpe story!
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- J
- 05-07-19
Classic Sharpe, poor naval pronunciation
Another great Sharpe story.
A classic Sharpe, unusual for being set at sea. Nonetheless very good and Bernard Cornwell research is also almost spot on.
The performance is also great as usual by Rupert Farley, excellent accents, especially his Sharpe, it’s Sean Bean to perfection. Others are great (apart from his Welsh..); love that all Scots sounds like Sean Connery!
A slight shame that made it miss 5 stars is his poor pronunciation of naval names and terms. The names of the ships involved at Trafalgar was appalling. Greek names were pronounced as if French, French as if English and commonly Anglicised words in their original Romance language. And he repeatedly pronounced sail and spar terms in long form, which they never are, much as Worcester Or Leicester are not fully sounded out.
Otherwise great.
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- delboy
- 04-04-21
absolutely brilliant.
Best in the series yet. Worth every penny. thoroughly enjoyed my overtime in work listening
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- Ben
- 15-12-21
Fantastic
I can’t believe its taken me this long to read this series. Truly immersive and riveting writing. Brilliant performance too.
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