History Quotes / Sharpe

'''Wellesley:''' [[SuddenlyShouting Major Lennox answered with his life! As you should have done if you had any sense of honour!]] You lost the Colours of the King of England! You disgraced us, sir. You shamed us, sir. And you will answer.

-->--''[[Recap/SharpeS5E3SharpesWaterloo Sharpe's Waterloo]]''

-->--''[[Recap/SharpeS4E3SharpesWaterloo Sharpe's Waterloo]]''

-->--''Sharpe's Challenge''

-->--'''Sharpe''', ''Sharpe's Peril''

-->--''Sharpe's Waterloo''

'''Sharpe'''': But we are allies.\\

'''Sharpe''': Lovers lie to each other, and yet they still make love.''
-->--''Sharpe's Rifles''

-->--'''Sharpe''', ''Sharpe's Eagle''

-->--'''[[BadAss Sharpe]]''', ''Sharpe's Eagle''

[[Literature/{{Sharpe}} Richard Sharpe]] is the protagonist of a bestselling series of novels by Bernard Cornwell, which were subsequently adapted into a series of TV movies starring SeanBean as Sharpe and Daragh O'Malley as his [[TheLancer faithful lancer]], Patrick Harper. Sharpe is an early-19th century soldier fighting in the Napoleonic Wars; he's a gutter-born bastard and a ranker in the British army until he saves the life of [[UsefulNotes/TheDukeOfWellington Sir Arthur Wellesley]], who rewards him a FieldPromotion.

[[Literature/{{Sharpe}} Richard Sharpe]] is the protagonist of a bestselling series of novels by Bernard Cornwell, which were subsequently adapted into a series of TV movies starring SeanBean as Sharpe and Daragh O'Malley as his [[TheLancer faithful lancer]], Patrick Harper. Sharpe is an early-19th century soldier fighting in the Napoleonic Wars; he's a gutter-born bastard and a ranker in the British army until he saves the life of [[TheDukeOfWellington Sir Arthur Wellesley]], who rewards him a FieldPromotion.

->He offered Sharpe the ghost of a smile; an acknowledgement of how many battlefields the two men had shared across the years. A more perceptive man than Sharpe might have read some message in [[TheDukeOfWellington The Duke]]'s seeking the companionship of a veteran soldier, but Sharpe merely felt his usual awkwardness when he was in the company of his old commanding officer.

-->--'''[[BadAss Sharpe]]'''

-->--'''[[MagnificentBastard Major Hogan]]'''

->'''Teresa''': If you were French, I would take a knife and you would tell me all I wanted to know.\\
'''Sharpe'''': But we are allies.\\
'''Teresa''': Allies? Do allies keep secrets from each other?\\
'''Sharpe''': Lovers lie to each other, and yet they still make love.''
-->--''Sharpe's Rifles''

->''Lovers lie to each other, and yet they still make love.''
-->--'''Sharpe''' to '''Theresa''' at their first meeting, ''Sharpe's Rifles''.

->''[[JerkWithAHeartOfGold You are a good man, Colonel Sharpe, for all you would have the world think otherwise.]]''
-->--'''Marie-Angelique''', ''Sharpe's Peril''

-->--'''[[BadAss Richard Sharpe]]'''

->He offered Sharpe the ghost of a smile; an acknowledgement of how many battlefields the two men had shared across the years. A more perceptive man than Sharpe might have read some message in [[TheDukeOfWellington The Duke]]'s seeking the companionship of a veteran soldier, but Sharpe merely felt his usual awkwardness when he was in the company of his old commanding officer.
-->--''Sharpe's Waterloo''

-->--'''Sharpe''' to '''Theresa''', at their first meeting.

->"I was a sergeant once. I was the best god-damned bloody sergeant in the god-damned bloody army."
-->-- '''[[BadAss Richard Sharpe]]'''

->"Sharpe's a killer. Killed three French cavalrymen and saved Wellesley's life. Three seconds, slash, cut, thrust. And that's while he was still a Sergeant."
-->-- '''[[MagnificentBastard Major Hogan]]'''

-->-- ''Sharpe's Waterloo''

->"Lovers lie to each other, and yet they still make love."
-->-- '''Sharpe to Theresa, at their first meeting.'''

-->-- ''Sharpe to Theresa, at their first meeting.''

-->-- ''Sharpe to Theresa, at their first meeting.

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