Movies vs Novels
I watched the movies first and I enjoyed them. But now I'm reading the books and I have to say that the books are better.
One problem with the movies is that the budgets limit the scale of the battle scenes. The novels are usually based around some of the biggest battles or sieges of the Peninsula War but the movies trim the action down to Sharpe fighting one squad of Frenchies!
Sharpe's Siege completely removes a storyline about British and American ships and I think it's because they just didn't have the budget for naval scenes.
If you haven't done so already, read the books
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