Napoleonic Wars: Up From the Ranks – The TRUE Story of the real-life Richard Sharpes January 5, 2024 Unipro2013main English History, Historical, History, Napoleonic Wars, United Kingdom History </p> <h2>Napoleonic Wars: Up From the Ranks – The TRUE Story of the real-life Richard Sharpes</h2> <p> Richard Sharpe – the most famous British soldier of the Napoleonic Wars…Obviously he is a fictional character…Battling against the French and against the upper-class nitwits who are determined to stop him winning the war single-handedly.</p> <p>But what if working class officers coming up through ranks weren’t as rare as we think?</p> <p>What if Sharpe was actually an underachiever compared to real soldiers of the era?</p> <p>Well Historian Steve Brown has been taking a deep dive into the backgrounds of the British officers of the Napoleonic Wars.</p> <p>Credit to : Redcoat History</p> <p> Please support our Sponsors here :
