Sharpe's Rifles
Accompanying Materials
Starting this project gives me an excuse to delve back into a few different books for reference and inspiration. Obviously there are the Sharpe novels by Bernard Cornwell, and the TV series, which I have in a lovely big DVD box set.
I’m also going to re-read Rifles by Mark Urban. I think this book is sadly out of press, but it is a very readable narrative history of the 95th Rifles during the Peninsula Campaign from 1809, and following them through to 1815 and Waterloo.
For reference images and visual inspiration, I will be looking at Far in Advance. This collects Peninsula War paintings by the artist Christa Hook, accompanied by a narrative of the campaign by Nick Haynes. There’s a lean towards the actions of the Light Brigade, and hence the 95th Rifles, as sales of the book help support the Rifles Charities Care for Causalties. The book is a superb collection of art, and I don’t really need a reason to pick it up again.
