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<blockquote data-quote="Cthulhudrew" data-source="post: 2486163" data-attributes="member: 4090"><a href="http://imageshack.us" target="_blank"><img src="http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/3351/seanbean5ct.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a>17. Richard SharpeBorn in the slums of London, Richard Sharpe took up the life of a soldier in His Majesty's army because they offered a better wage than theft. Stationed in India, he was befriended by an officer, Lieutenant Lawford, who taught him how to read while the two were imprisoned by the Tippoo Sultan. This new ability, coupled with a field promotion he received for saving the life of no less a figure than General Arthur Wellesley himself, allowed Sharpe to begin rising through the ranks of the British Army.It would be tough road, with Sharpe clawing each step of the way and fighting to earn his position. Since he was not a gentleman- a man of society- or of means, he had to earn each promotion through merit, something that was just not in keeping with the structure of the army in which he served. How odd that a man of merit should find his greatest enemy to be the army of the French under Napoleon Bonaparte, who had abolished the aristocracy and the nepotism and privileges that went with it.Sharpe is a soldier's officer, having come from the ranks, and he and his Riflemen would prove to be a crack unit in Wellington's war against the French.Plus, he's played by Sean Bean in the movies based on the Cornwell novels- what else need be said?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cthulhudrew, post: 2486163, member: 4090"] [URL=http://imageshack.us][IMG]http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/3351/seanbean5ct.jpg[/IMG][/URL] 17. Richard Sharpe Born in the slums of London, Richard Sharpe took up the life of a soldier in His Majesty's army because they offered a better wage than theft. Stationed in India, he was befriended by an officer, Lieutenant Lawford, who taught him how to read while the two were imprisoned by the Tippoo Sultan. This new ability, coupled with a field promotion he received for saving the life of no less a figure than General Arthur Wellesley himself, allowed Sharpe to begin rising through the ranks of the British Army. It would be tough road, with Sharpe clawing each step of the way and fighting to earn his position. Since he was not a gentleman- a man of society- or of means, he had to earn each promotion through merit, something that was just not in keeping with the structure of the army in which he served. How odd that a man of merit should find his greatest enemy to be the army of the French under Napoleon Bonaparte, who had abolished the aristocracy and the nepotism and privileges that went with it. Sharpe is a soldier's officer, having come from the ranks, and he and his Riflemen would prove to be a crack unit in Wellington's war against the French. Plus, he's played by Sean Bean in the movies based on the Cornwell novels- what else need be said? [/QUOTE]

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