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Quotes from Sharpe's Triumph — Bernard Cornwell

born 1944 England

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Defeat the enemy's infantry and the cavalry and gunners had nowhere to hide.

Sharpe's Triumph (1997)

Never in my life have I seen two villages on opposite banks of a river that weren't connected by a ford.

Sharpe's Triumph (1997)

Made in Sheffield, and guaranteed never to fail! Good slicer this is, real good. You can cut a man in half with one of these if you get the stroke right.

Sharpe's Triumph (1997)

For five thousand infantry would now cross the Kaitna at a place where men said the river was uncrossable, then fight an enemy horde at least ten times their number. [...] The enemy had stolen a march, the redcoats had journeyed all night and were bone tired, but Wellesley would have his battle.

Sharpe's Triumph (1997)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Bernard Cornwell (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.