Bernard Cornwell Quote

He could chafe against the rich and privileged but he acknowledged that the army had taken him from the gutter and put an officer's sash round his waiste and Sharpe could think of no other job that would offer a low-born bastard on the run from the law the chance of rank and responsibility.


Lieutenant Richard Sharpe, p. 13 - Sharpe (Novel Series) - Sharpe's Eagle (1981)


He could chafe against the rich and privileged but he acknowledged that the army had taken him from the gutter and put an officer's sash round his...

He could chafe against the rich and privileged but he acknowledged that the army had taken him from the gutter and put an officer's sash round his...

He could chafe against the rich and privileged but he acknowledged that the army had taken him from the gutter and put an officer's sash round his...

He could chafe against the rich and privileged but he acknowledged that the army had taken him from the gutter and put an officer's sash round his...