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Book Review of Sharpe's Gold: Richard Sharpe and the Destruction of Almeida August 1810 (Sharpe, Bk 9)

Sharpe's Gold: Richard Sharpe and the Destruction of Almeida August 1810 (Sharpe, Bk 9)
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The protagonist is supposedly back with the 95th but soon is on detached duty, marching toward the French lines. The book opens with him at table with the commanding general and fairly well received by his brother officers, but things soon go downhill with an encounter with a provost officer.
The author explains the nuts and bolts of pay, rations, etc. in these books.
Our hero encounters a guerrilla Senorita who is a very competent warrior, which is of interest in that we are considering the role of women in the armed forces as of this writing (October 2016).