It's hard to go on without knowing what happened to Jane and her ludopathic boyfriend. Does someone have a better memory than I? Any intuitions or knowledge from the books? And... are Hagman's songs available? Glad to be among the friends of Sharpe
share The boyfriend was killed on the battlefield in Waterloo, IIRC.
Jane probably either found some new fella to look after her, or crawled back to Uncle Henry. I don't know for sure though, it doesn't say in the show IIRC, and I'm only on the first few books, so I don't know if it tells you there. :\
There is a 'Sharpe' soundtrack available:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Over-Hills-Far-Away-SOUNDTRACK/dp/B0000263G2/sr=1-1/qid=1168694931/ref=pd_bowtega_1/203-2000784-4631904?ie=UTF8&s=music
It has some of Hagman's (John Tams) songs on it, and the main Sharpe theme from the show.
ETA - I'm not sure where you're from, so here's the US link as well:
http://www.amazon.com/Over-Hils-Away-Music-Sharpe/dp/B0000263G2/sr=1-1/qid=1168695276/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-7496656-8503134?ie=UTF8&s=music
The soundtrack doesn't seem to be popular according to amazon reviews....
share It's a bit of an odd mix on the CD, there seems to be a bit of anything that can be associated with the show, or the type of music that would relate to the general time/theme of the show.
I think if people are looking for specifically one thing, eg John Tams singing etc, some of the tracks just simply aren't what they're looking for. They might therefore be disappointed by it as they have to skip over the various other tracks they just aren't interested in.
They have put some extra instrumental stuff in on the full length version of 'Over the Hills and Far Away', which doesn't really do anything to help it, it would have sounded better with just John Tams doing his thing.
However, it's still Tams singing the song, so if you can put up with the additional stuff going on in the background, it's still a good song.
I think it just depends on what you're looking for - if you want it purely for John Tams, you may be disappointed/frustrated with the bits that don't include him - but if you want it for a general taste/reminder of the show etc, it can give you that, it has the main opening/closing credits themes etc in there.
I bought it on impulse - while there's a couple of tracks that I do just skip past, there's also some on there that I really like, so I personally don't regret buying it. :)
Jane's "Boyfriend" was killed at Waterloo and left her pregnant. Rifleman Hagman is actually John Tams, a popular British folk musician. You might try googling him under his real name to see if he has any current CD's out.
Mike W.
Is anyone else (probably a Brits-only question) watching Benidorm?
I spent the whole first episode trying to place her, til I saw the credits and had a 'duh! It's Jane!' moment, lol.
she was pregnent????!!!! from the boyfriend or sharpe?????!!!! did sharpe get devorced?????!!!! can my spelling get any worse????!!!! will the ????!!! ever stop.
sorry about that
soooo many questions soooo little answers
Yes, she was pregnant. Yes it was by the boyfriend and not Sharpe. No, Sharpe never got a divorce from her.
Mike W.
why didnt he get a divorce ? its a little stupid the women stole his money.
shareI don't know why Sharpe didn't divorce Jane. You will need to ask Bernard Cornwell that question.
Mike W.
Actually, it was practically impossible to obtain a divorce back then. It required an act of Parliament and took a great deal of money.
shareThere was a poor man's common law divorce back then, by simply tying a rope around the wife's neck, and then auctioning her off in the village Square. Sharpe makes a reference to this practice in 'Sharpe's Waterloo', when he hands Rossendale the rope, saying: "If you want her, you have to pay me for her!"
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Cornwell stated in the books that a divorce was only to be had by the rich at that time.
sharefound the answer , it would cost to much , but sharpe sold jane to that other bloke , who died yay
shareIt was very difficult to get a divorce back then. Not only did it require a great deal of money, but it also required an act of Parliament.
shareAny truth to the rumor that it was difficult to get a divorce back then since it required a great deal of money and an act of Parliament?
shareNot a rumour:
almost the only grounds for divorce was the sexual infidelity of the wife; a husband who wished to divorce his wife for this reason had to get the permission of Parliament to sue for divorce; and the divorce trial was between the husband and the wife's alleged lover, with the wife herself more or less a bystander. All these finaglings cost quite a bit of money, so that only the rich could afford divorces.share
http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/pptopic2.html#legalmariag
All I know is that the Church of England was started by Henry VIII so he could divorce Catherine of Aragon
Mike W.
"All I know is that the Church of England was started by Henry VIII so he could divorce Catherine of Aragon."
Yes, and Henry VIII was a king with basically unlimited powers who could do whatever he wanted.
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"I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way."
Henry VIII didn't divorce Catherine of Aragon. He had the marriage annulled on the grounds that it was incestuous, by reason that she'd married previously to his older brother who soon dies after the wedding.
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General Uxbridge (Second in command under Wellington at Waterloo) managed it or rather his wife did. He was having it away with Wellington's sister-in-law as is intimated in Sharpe's Waterloo.
That's one thing I really enjoy about Sharpe. There is so much accuracy and research in the novels and films although Sharpe often steals the glory of someone in history. (Shooting Silly Billy, Storming Gwalighar, eagle at talevera rather than vitoria, etc).
it must of took ages to get all that research and use it soo effectifly , i do hope they make more .
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After Jane stole his money, Sharpe didn't have the money to buy a divorce.
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I was under the impression that this sharpe took place before Sharpe was married to the thieving woman.
The India books were set before the Peninsular war.
AFAIK, although the books were set first chronologically the TV story was reworked to take place after Waterloo.
shareChallenge was indeed to take place after the war, since in the books, sharpe took part in the battle of assay (sharpes triumph) when he was around 26 as I recall, sean may look good for his age, just not 26 yrs old good. so they worked the first three books in the series so it took place after waterloo
Jane sharpe basically let go, she was nothing but a double crossing leg spreader so he couldnt bother with her anymore
It's basically the first book, but with details changed so that they can set it after the war.
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