Caudron CR.714 C1 Cyclone: The Ultimate Story
Bartlomiej Belcarz, Marek Rys and K. Stenman
Book
This book describes in previously untold detail the story of the development and service of the...
Kissing Podcast – Advice from the “Kissing Expert”
Podcast
Ever wonder what a girl likes in a kiss? Whether it’s ok to kiss an “ex”? Or what’s so...
Frites: Over 30 Gourmet Recipes for all kinds of Fries, Chips and Dips
Book
The humble frite is an iconic, comfort food that never fails to bring pleasure to your plate. From...
A Place of Greater Safety
Book
From the double Man Booker prize-winner comes an extraordinary work of historical imagination - this...
Christopher Hobbs recommended Children of Paradise (1945) in Movies (curated)
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Movie Watch
A French aristocrat asks her ex-lover to seduce the young wife of another of her former lovers. The...
PixWords™ - Crosswords with Pictures
Games and Education
App
PixWords® - the new wonderfully interesting word puzzle challenge 50 languages: English, Spanish,...
The Tunnel
TV Show Watch
Based on the original Swedish series "The Bridge," this British crime drama centers on British and...
David McK (3396 KP) rated Sharpe's Mission (1996) in Movies
Dec 8, 2022
This, I believe, is the only Sean Bean led Sharpe made-for-TV movie NOT to be based on a Sharpe novel by Bernard Cornwell, even although it is written well enough that it very well could have been!
As with all of the Sharpe stories, you know pretty much what to expect: Sharpe is sent on a dangerous mission (here, to blow up a French ammunition supply during the closing stages of the Peninsular War), and ends up fighting just as much against those in authority on his own side as against the French ...