Sharpe's Christmas (story collection)

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Sharpe's Christmas
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First edition
Author Bernard Cornwell
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Series Richard Sharpe
Genre Historical short story collection
Publisher The Sharpe Appreciation Society
Publication date
September, 2003
Media type Print (Paperback)
Pages 104 pp
ISBN 0-9722220-1-4
OCLC 53796127

Sharpe's Christmas, is a short story collection by historical fiction author Bernard Cornwell which he began conceptualising in 1980s. [1] It contains two stories featuring Cornwell's fictional hero Richard Sharpe. It was published by The Sharpe Appreciation Society [2] in 2003 in order to raise funds for The Bernard and Judy Cornwell Foundation.[3] This novel contains two stories that take place at different times, thus in an interview with the author, the book was left unnumbered in the Sharpe’s series. [4]

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. [5] These were later extended by the author for inclusion in this collection.

Sharpe's Christmas

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Set in 1813, towards the end of the Peninsular War, chronologically this story falls after Sharpe's Regiment.

Sharpe's Ransom

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Set in peacetime after Sharpe's Waterloo this story providing a glimpse of Sharpe's life in Normandy with Lucille.

References

  1. Sharpe’s Christmas Retrieved 28 July 2013
  2. Sharpe’s Appreciation Society Retrieved 28 July 2013
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  4. Timeline of the Sharpe’s books Retrieved 28 July 2013
  5. Sharpe’s Christmas Preview Retrieved 28 July 2013

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