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The Light Company were not worried by the French. If Richard Sharpe wanted to lead them to Paris they would go, blindly confident that he would see them through
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They haven't made an armor strong enough to resist an English arrow.
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We have to level the ground, Sir, because God didn't think of gunners when he made the world. He made too many lumps and not enough smooth spots. But we're very good at improving His handiwork, sir.
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I do understand that you can look into someone's eyes, I heard myself saying, and suddenly know that life will be impossible without them. Know that their voice can make your heart miss a beat and that their company is all your happiness can ever desire and that their absence will leave your soul alone, bereft and lost.
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He's actually a rather good ruler. Better, I suspect, than most of our Christian monarchs. He's certainly been good for Mysore. He's fetched it a deal of wealth, given it more justice than most countries enjoy in India and he's been tolerant to most religions, though I fear he did persecute some unfortunate Christians.
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He watched his men work, proud of them. They were disciplined, protecting one another, their sword drill immaculate and thorough, and Lossow knew why the lord Wellington preferred German cavalry. Not as flashy as the English, not as good for a parade, but for killing Frenchmen-they were as good as British infantry at that. [..] This army, Wellington's army, could be as perfect an instrument of war as any in history. With men like these horsemen and with that infantry? It was beautiful!
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Your friend Will is a good man, too, but I fear he's no longer an archer."
"It would have been better, I sometimes think-"
"If he had died? Wish death on no man, Thomas, it comes soon enough without a wish."
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You know what the trick of a long life is, Sharpe? Stay out of range.
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Only a fool wants war, but once a war starts then it cannot be fought half-heartedly. It cannot even be fought with regret, but must be waged with a savage joy in defeating the enemy, and it is that savage joy that inspires our bards to write their greatest songs about love and war.
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To say anything was useless, to say nothing was cowardly. "I think it a bad idea, Sir."
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"What do you think?"
"Sir?"
"Frightening? Did you ever learn mathematics?"
"Yes, sir."
"So add up how many Frenchmen can actually use their muskets."
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Bernard Cornwell
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Born:
February 23, 1944
(age 80)
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Bernard Cornwell is an English author of historical novels. He is best known for his novels about Napoleonic Wars rifleman Richard Sharpe.
Known for:
The Last Kingdom (2004)
Warriors of the Storm (2015)
The Empty Throne (2014)
Death of Kings (2011)
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