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Originally Posted by pdurrant
Just two prior books? In internal chronology, there are five books before Sharpe's Rifles.
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I know. I cheated* and started with the fourth book, since I was more interested in the Napoleonic Wars than the Indian period. In any case, the backstory for the Indian books seems to have been established at least to an extent, whereas the Trafalgar and Copenhagen interludes were wholly imagined subsequent to
Sharpe's Rifles.
I don't disagree; I'd rather have the broad sweep of the Napoleonic Wars in order than skip around, but I still found the anachronisms in regard to the internal history dissatisfying.
*Hey, once you start breaking the rules, why stop with one?