Characters in Sharpe's Waterloo

• Lt. Col.
  Lieutenant colonel
  Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies and most marine forces and some air forces of the world, typically ranking above a major and below a colonel. The rank of lieutenant colonel is often shortened to simply "colonel" in conversation and in unofficial correspondence...
  
   Richard Sharpe
  Richard Sharpe (fictional character)
  Sharpe is a series of historical fiction stories by Bernard Cornwell centred on the character of Richard Sharpe. The stories formed the basis for an ITV television series wherein the eponymous character was played by Sean Bean....
  
   – now a staff officer in the Dutch army.
• Patrick Harper – now a civilian, Dublin pub owner, and horse trader (and thief).
• Simon Doggett – a British officer on the Prince of Orange's staff.
• Lord John Rossendale – British cavalry officer, and the lover of Sharpe's estranged wife, Jane.
• Jane Sharpe – Sharpe's estranged wife, now pregnant with Rossendale's child.
• Lucille Castineau – Sharpe's French lover.
• Daniel Hagman – Rifleman.
• Major Dunnett – Rifle officer, Sharpe's old commander.
• Lt.
  Lieutenant
  A lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer in many nations' armed forces. Typically, the rank of lieutenant in naval usage, while still a junior officer rank, is senior to the army rank...
  
   Harry Price – officer in the Prince Of Wales' Own Volunteers.
• Major
  Major
  Major is a rank of commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every military in the world.When used unhyphenated, in conjunction with no other indicator of rank, the term refers to the rank just senior to that of an Army captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel. ...
  
   Peter d'Alembord – officer in the Prince Of Wales' Own Volunteers.
• Lt. Col.
  Lieutenant colonel
  Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies and most marine forces and some air forces of the world, typically ranking above a major and below a colonel. The rank of lieutenant colonel is often shortened to simply "colonel" in conversation and in unofficial correspondence...
  
   Joseph Ford – new commanding officer of the Prince Of Wales' Own Volunteers.
• Rebecque: the Prince of Orange's tutor and aide-de-camp.
• Paulette: Belgian prostitute, the Prince of Orange's mistress.

Historical figures

• Field Marshal
  Field Marshal
  Field Marshal is a military rank. Traditionally, it is the highest military rank in an army.-Etymology:The origin of the rank of field marshal dates to the early Middle Ages, originally meaning the keeper of the king's horses , from the time of the early Frankish kings.-Usage and hierarchical...
  
   The Duke of Wellington
  Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
  Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS , was an Irish-born British soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century...
  
   – commander of the Anglo-Dutch army.
• William, Prince of Orange
  William II of the Netherlands
  William II was King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Duke of Limburg from 7 October 1840 until his death in 1849.- Early life and education :...
  
   – commander of the allied I Corps.
• Harry Paget, Earl of Uxbridge
  Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey
  Field Marshal Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, KG, GCB, GCH, PC , styled Lord Paget between 1784 and 1812 and known as The Earl of Uxbridge between 1812 and 1815, was a British military leader and politician, now chiefly remembered for leading the charge of the heavy cavalry against...
  
   – Wellington's second in command.
• Field Marshal
  Field Marshal
  Field Marshal is a military rank. Traditionally, it is the highest military rank in an army.-Etymology:The origin of the rank of field marshal dates to the early Middle Ages, originally meaning the keeper of the king's horses , from the time of the early Frankish kings.-Usage and hierarchical...
  
   Gebhard von Blucher, commander of the Prussian army.
• Miguel de Alava
  Miguel de Alava
  Don Miguel Ricardo de Álava y Esquivel Order of Santiago, Order of Charles III, KCB, MWO was a Spanish General and statesman. He was born in the Basque Country of Spain, at Vitoria-Gasteiz, in 1770...
  
   – Spanish envoy to the Netherlands, and Wellington's close friend.
• Lieutenant General
  Lieutenant General
  Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the second in command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a Captain General....
  
   August von Gneisenau
  August von Gneisenau
  August Wilhelm Antonius Graf Neidhardt von Gneisenau was a Prussian field marshal. He was a prominent figure in the reform of the Prussian military and the War of Liberation.-Early life:...
  
   – chief of staff of the Prussian army.
• Napoleon Bonaparte – restored Emperor of France.
• Marshal
  Marshal of France
  The Marshal of France is a military distinction in contemporary France, not a military rank. It is granted to generals for exceptional achievements...
  
   Michel Ney
  Michel Ney
  Michel Ney , 1st Duc d'Elchingen, 1st Prince de la Moskowa was a French soldier and military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was one of the original 18 Marshals of France created by Napoleon I...
  
  , Napoleon's primary field commander.

External links

• Section from Bernard Cornwell's website on Sharpe's Waterloo
• Independent Review of Sharpe's Waterloo