Richard Sharpe is a fictional character, an English marksman, the protagonist of a series of historical novels by Bernard Cornwell and a television series based on it starring English actor Sean Bean. The series is set in the early 19th century. Sharpe participated in all the wars of the British Empire, from the conquest of India and including the Napoleonic wars in the Iberian Peninsula and Waterloo. He goes through the entire career ladder, starting from a simple private and ending with a colonel. In the first books of the series, he has to fight the contempt of gentleman officers for the upstart. The question of assigning him the next rank turns out to be controversial each time, introducing additional tension into the plot (Cornwell borrowed this type of presentation from an earlier series about the same historical period - the saga of S.S. Forester about Captain Hornblower, who participates in the same wars, but only on ships, and the reader in each book had to worry about the promotion of the main character). Richard Sharpe enjoys the personal patronage of Lord Wellington, whose life he saved, and sometimes receives assignments from British military intelligence, which appreciates his abilities. In addition to entertaining plots, the popularity of the series was ensured by the attractive and strong character of the main character, who is distinguished not only by intelligence and enterprise, but also by prudence, sometimes bestial cunning and incomprehensible luck.  Initially, Cornwell expected to write about 10 novels, but British television bought the film rights, which increased the popularity of the series and forced the series to continue. Contents: 1. Sharpe's Tiger (Translation: Sergey Samuylov)2. Triumph of Gunner Sharpe3. Gunner Sharpe's Fortress (Translation: Sergey Samuylov)4. Trafalgar Rifleman Sharpe (Translation: Marina Klevetenko)5. The booty of Rifleman Sharpe (Translation: Sergey Samuylov)6. Sharpe's Arrows (Translation: Maxim Gutov)7. Sharpe's Chaos (Translation: Natalya Lugovskaya)8. Sharpe's Eagle (Translation: Lev Kanevsky)9. Gunner Sharpe's Gold (Translation: Gennady Korchagin)10. Saving Sharpe11. Fury of Gunner Sharpe (Translation: Sergey Samuilov)12. Sharpe's Battle (Translation: Valery Iskhakov)13. Rifleman Sharpe's Company (Translation: Vladis Tankevich)14. Sharpe's Blade (Translation: J. Andrey Manukhin)15. Gunner Sharpe's Enemy (Translation: Vladis Tankevich)16. Sharpe's Honor (Translation: Valery Iskhakov)17. Regiment of Rifleman Sharpe (Translation: Vladis Tankevich)18. Sharpe's Siege (Translation: Evgeniy Shaposhnikov)19. Sharpe's Revenge (Translation: Vladis Tankevich)20. Sharpe's Waterloo (Translation: Evgeny Shaposhnikov)21. Sharpe's Devil (Translation: Vladis Tankevich)22. Ransom of Gunner Sharpe (Translation: Vladis Tankevich)