Keyword: napoleonic wars

Vanity Fair

7.3

2018

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An adaptation of the 1848 novel by William Makepeace Thackeray.

Vanity Fair

7.7

1998

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An adaptation of William Makepeace Thackerays classic story of parvenue Becky Sharps rise from obscure and humble origins to her subsequent ignominious fall from Society; set against the backdrop of Regency England and continental Europe during the Napoleonic War.

Napoleon

7.3

2002

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A masterful soldier, tactician, and statesmen, Napoleon Bonaparte, with courage and love for his country, rises from an unpaid general consumed with ambition to the most powerful man in Europe. But his life ends with a fall and exile.

Napoleon

5.9

2023

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An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his wife, Josephine.

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

7.4

2003

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During the Napoleonic Wars, a brash British captain pushes his ship and crew to their limits in pursuit of a formidable French war vessel around South America.

Sharpe's Rifles

8.1

1993

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In the Peninsular War, a British sergeant is field promoted to a lieutenant in charge of a disrespectful rifle company.

Hornblower: The Even Chance

8.2

1998

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Horatio Hornblower begins his naval career, but a deadly feud with a despicable mate is causing complications.

The Duellists

7.5

1977

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France, 1801. Due to a minor perceived slight, mild-mannered Lieutenant dHubert is forced into a duel with hot-headed irrational Lieutenant Feraud. The disagreement ultimately results in scores of duels spanning several years.

Sharpe's Enemy

8

1994

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Portugal 1813. A band of deserters, including Sharpes old enemy, Obadiah Hakeswill, have captured two women, one the wife of a high-ranking English officer, and are holding them hostage for ransom. Sharpe is given the 60th Rifles and a Rocket troop, as well as his majority to rescue the women. But while Sharpe may be able to deal with his old enemy, he has yet to face a newer threat, the French Major Duclos.

Sharpe's Company

8

1994

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Spain 1812. After Ciudad Rodrigo, Teresa tells Sharpe that they have a baby daughter. In Badajoz, the next siege target. Meanwhile, a new commander has taken over the South Essex, along with the murderous Sgt. Obadiah Hakeswill, an old enemy of Sharpes from India days. But a new commander means a captain trying to turn the Rifles into red-jackets, and Sharpes only hope to command his company again is the Forlorn one.

Persuasion

7.7

1995

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Eight years ago, Anne Elliot rejected Frederick Wentworth, the man she loved, out of a sense of duty and obedience. Now an ignored and faded spinster, she follows her financially stricken family from their home, only to be reintroduced to the now successful and wealthy Captain Frederick Wentworth. With their roles reversed and Captain Wentworth the eligible and wealthy bachelor, Anne navigates the scheming society that still tries to keep them apart.

Sharpe's Honour

7.8

1994

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1813. Major Sharpes old enemy, Major Ducos manipulates a beautiful young marquesa into falsely accusing Sharpe of rape. Her husband calls Sharpe out in a duel. But when the husband is found dead the next morning, Sharpe is arrested and brought before a court martial, and it seems not even Patrick Harper and the Chosen Men can save Sharpe from a hanging, or rescue his honour.

Hornblower: Mutiny

8.2

2001

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Hornblower and his comrades come under the command of a revered but obviously mentally unstable captain and eventually must mutiny.

Sharpe's Gold

7.5

1995

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Sharpe is sent on a mission to exchange rifles for deserters with a strange band of Spanish guerillas. He also has to chaperone two women looking for their missing husband.

Sharpe's Peril

6.9

2008

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Our story begins at the end of Sharpes Challenge. Sharpe and Harper are en route to Madras when they encounter a baggage train from the East India Company traveling through hostile territory. Chitu, a legendary bandit leader in control of the area, strikes fear in the members of the party. When an attack occurs Sharpe takes control of the situation, leading the group 300 miles through enemy territory and training the disorganized, rag-tag group to be proper soldiers. Despite all these responsibilities, Sharpe still manages to find time for a little romance...