Cornwell originally planned to start the series with the Siege of Badajoz but instead began with Sharpe’s Eagle and Sharpe’s Gold, both published in 1981, which he considered warm up novels. He went on to tell the story of Badajoz in Sharpe’s Company published in 1982. Sharpe’s Eagle is set in Spain in 1809 whereContinue reading “Review: Sharpe’s Eagle”