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Ep 602 - Sharpe's Eagle (Richard Sharpe #1), by Bernard Cornwell

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The Importance of Good Riflemen

"Mr. Sharp" is more of a Michael Burnham than a Captain Kirk," Rottenbury says. "He sounds like if you're talking about Star Trek, just to put a, put a pin in this more of a Hornblower." The character was inspired by the 1809 battle between French and Spanish forces on the Iberian Peninsula.

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