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  • Joel Chase - Captain of the Pucelle and friend of Sharpe from India Sharpe's Trafalgar
  • Lieutenant Colonel Christopher – Turncoat who wants to sell military secrets in return for favours from the conquering French. Sharpe's Havoc
  • Peculiar Cromwell - Captain of the Calliope until her capture by the Revenant Sharpe's Trafalgar
  • The Reverend Doctor Patrick Curtis – an expatriate Irish priest and Rector of the Irish College and Professor of Astronomy and Natural History at the University of Salamanca. Known to the Spanish as Don Patricio Cortes. Runs a British spy network covering Spain and France under the code name El Mirador. Sharpe's Sword

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  • brevet Lieutenant Fitzgerald – murdered by Hakeswill during a battle outside Seringapatam. Sharpe's Tiger

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  • Simone Joubert – wife to the Frenchman Joubert Sharpe's Triumph
  • Colonel Joaquin 'El Catolico' Jovellanos - local partisan commander Sharpe's Gold

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  • Major Kearsey - one Major Hogan's exploring officers Sharpe's Gold

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  • Honourable John Lavisser – A turncoat British Guards officer. Sharpe's Prey
  • William Lawford – Sharpe's lieutenant who aids him in freeing Colonel McCandless. Sharpe's Tiger
  • Captain Lennox – who makes the 'dying request' of Sharpe (in the TV adaptation, he was a Major) Sharpe's Eagle
  • Hélène Leroux, La Marquesa de Casares el Grande y Melida Sadaba – expatriate French wife to a Spanish aristocrat general, and brother to Colonel Philippe Leroux. Sharpe's Sword
  • Colonel Philippe Leroux – ruthless French officer of Napoleon’s imperial guard; sent to Spain as Napoleon’s emissary to find El Mirador and to destroy his spy network. Sharpe's Sword

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  • Louisa Parker – Young English woman whom Sharpe takes a fancy to. Ends up marrying Major Blas Vivar. Sharpe's Rifles
  • Anthony Pohlmann – Scindia Colonel Army Commander Sharpe's Triumph
  • Lord Pumphrey – Foreign Office. Sharpe's Prey

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Characters in "Sharpe's Tiger" edit

  • Richard Sharpe – the main protagonist.
  • William Lawford – Sharpe's lieutenant who aids him in freeing Colonel McCandless.
  • Mary Bickerstaff – a widowed half-Indian army wife, now attached to Sharpe.
  • Colonel Arthur Wellesley – later 1st Duke of Wellington.
  • Colonel Hector McCandless – Scots intelligence officer for the East India Company, held captive by Tipoo Sultan in the dungeons of Seringapatam.
  • Tippoo Sultan – the Indian foe who is killed by Sharpe. His red ruby and some of his other jewels are stolen by Sharpe.
  • Colonel Jean Gudin – a French adviser to Tippoo Sultan.
  • Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill – becomes Sharpe's enemy, engineering his sentence to 2000 lashes.
  • brevet Lieutenant Fitzgerald – murdered by Hakeswill during a battle outside Seringapatam.

Characters in "Sharpe's Triumph " edit

  • Richard Sharpe – British Army Sergeant, protagonist
  • Sir Arthur Wellesley – commander of British and Allied Forces in South Central India
  • Obidiah Hakeswill – British Army Sergeant
  • Simone Joubert – wife to the Frenchman Joubert
  • McCandless – Company Army Colonel who seeks Dodd
  • Anthony Pohlmann – Scindia Colonel Army Commander
  • William Dodd – the traitorous Major
  • Scindia – Indian rajah whom Dodd serves

Characters in "Sharpe's Fortress" edit

  • Richard Sharpe – Ensign in the British Army
  • Sir Arthur Wellesley – commander of the British in India
  • Mahrattas – their Indian adversary
  • William Dodd – renegade British officer
  • Ahmed; Sharpe's trusty Arab helper

Characters in "Sharpe's Trafalgar" edit

  • Richard Sharpe – now an ensign in the British army
  • Lady Grace Hale – another passenger on the ship, Calliope and wife of Lord Hale
  • Lord William Hale - British Diplomat
  • Horatio Nelson – Admiral of the British fleet
  • Joel Chase - Captain of the Pucelle and friend of Sharpe from India
  • Peculiar Cromwell - Captain of the Calliope until her capture by the Revenant

Characters in "Sharpe's Prey" edit

  • Richard Sharpe – the paid-off ensign, protagonist
  • Patrick Harper – makes a brief appearance
  • General Baird – Dispatches Sharpe on his mission.
  • Honourable John Lavisser – A turncoat British Guards officer.
  • Barker – A cuthroat servant.
  • Lord Pumphrey – Foreign Office.
  • Duke of Wellington– Divisional commander.

Characters in "Sharpe's Rifles" edit

  • Richard Sharpe – Lieutenant in the British army
  • Patrick Harper – one of Sharpe's new group of Rifles, one of the Chosen Men
  • Captain Michael Hogan – an Engineer, also one of Wellesley's exploring officers. In the film of the novel, he is portrayed as Major Hogan.
  • Sir John Moore – commander of the British army in Portugal.
  • Major Blas Vivar – a Spanish ally
  • Count of Mouromorto – A Spanish foe, ally to the French and brother to Blas Vivar
  • Captain Murray – Sharpe's commander who dies leaving Sharpe his own sword
  • Louisa Parker – Young English woman whom Sharpe takes a fancy to. Ends up marrying Major Blas Vivar.

Characters in "Sharpe's Havoc" edit

  • Richard Sharpe – protagonist.
  • Patrick Harper – Sergeant in the Rifles, Sharpe's right hand man.
  • Lieutenant Colonel Christopher – Turncoat who wants to sell military secrets in return for favours from the conquering French.
  • Major Hogan– Irish born, British intelligence officer for Wellesley.
  • Sir Arthur Wellesley – cameo appearance.
  • Jorge Vicente – Portuguese Officer.
  • Major Dulong – couraegous French opponent of Sharpe.

Characters in "Sharpe's Eagle" edit

  • Richard Sharpe – the main protagonist, currently Lieutenant
  • Patrick Harper – Sharpe's longtime ally
  • Captain Lennox – who makes the 'dying request' of Sharpe (in the TV adaptation, he was a Major)
  • Sir Henry Simmerson – bully and Commanding Officer of the South Essex
  • Christian Gibbons – Lieutenant and nephew of Simmerson

Characters in Sharpe's Gold edit

  • Richard Sharpe - Main character and officer of rifles
  • Seargent Patrick Harper - Sharpe's loyal right hand man
  • Major Michael Hogan - Wellington's intelligence gathering officer
  • Major Kearsey - one Major Hogan's exploring officers
  • El Catolico - local partisan commander
  • Teresa Moreno - Partisan leader
  • Ramon Moreno - Teresa's brother

Characters in "Sharpe's Rifles" edit

  • Captain Richard Sharpe – Rifle Captain in the British army, Officer Commanding the Light Company of the South Essex Battalion.
  • Sergeant Patrick Harper – one of Sharpe's new group of Rifles, one of the Chosen Men
  • Major Michael Hogan – an Engineer, and Wellesley's head of intelligence.
  • Lieutenant General Wellington – commander of the British army in Spain.
  • Colonel Philippe Leroux – ruthless French officer of Napoleon’s imperial guard; sent to Spain as Napoleon’s emissary to find El Mirador and to destroy his spy network.
  • Hélène Leroux, La Marquesa de Casares el Grande y Melida Sadaba – expatriate French wife to a Spanish aristocrat general, and brother to Colonel Philippe Leroux.
  • The Reverend Doctor Patrick Curtis – an expatriate Irish priest and Rector of the Irish College and Professor of Astronomy and Natural History at the University of Salamanca. Known to the Spanish as Don Patricio Cortes. Runs a British spy network covering Spain and France under the code name El Mirador.
  • Captain Lord Jack Spears – British cavalry officer, works for Major Hogan as an exploring officer; chronic gambler and womaniser.
  • Marshal of France Auguste Marmont – commander of the French army in northern Spain.

Characters in "Sharpe's Skirmish" edit

Characters in "Sharpe's Waterloo" edit