{"id":956,"date":"2009-05-27T08:24:03","date_gmt":"2009-05-27T08:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.austerlitz.org\/cz\/sharpovi-strelci\/"},"modified":"2024-11-27T15:33:18","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T13:33:18","slug":"sharpovi-strelci","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.austerlitz.org\/cz\/sharpovi-strelci\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharpovi st\u0159elci"},"content":{"rendered":"
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P\u00ed\u0161e se leden 1809, britsk\u00fd sbor sira Johna Moora ustupuje galicijsk\u00fdmi horami k p\u0159\u00edstavu La Coru\u00f1a, voj\u00e1ci um\u00edraj\u00ed hladem, zimou i vy\u010derp\u00e1n\u00edm a Francouz\u016fm, kte\u0159\u00ed je pron\u00e1sleduj\u00ed, u\u017e vzdoruje jen zadn\u00ed voj \u201eBlack Boba“ Crawfurda. Z pasti, kterou kompanii ostrost\u0159elc\u016f 95th Rifles p\u0159iprav\u00ed francouz\u0161t\u00ed dragouni, se poda\u0159\u00ed uniknout do hor jen n\u011bkter\u00fdm a po padl\u00e9m majorovi p\u0159eb\u00edr\u00e1 velen\u00ed poru\u010d\u00edk Richard Sharpe, do t\u00e9 doby pouh\u00fd \u201equartermaster“, provian\u0165\u00e1k a ubytovatel. Voj\u00e1ci jej neberou v\u00e1\u017en\u011b, nebo\u0165 k nim p\u0159i\u0161el teprve ned\u00e1vno a nav\u00edc to je b\u00fdval\u00fd ser\u017eant, p\u0159edt\u00edm oby\u010dejn\u00fd voj\u00e1k, ne gentleman, ne mu\u017e, opr\u00e1vn\u011bn\u00fd rodem a postaven\u00edm, aby porou\u010del. Pod\u0159izuj\u00ed se neradi, z nutnosti, s ned\u016fv\u011brou a on mus\u00ed vyv\u00e9st z pasti nejen je, ale i \u0161pan\u011blsk\u00e9ho majora s podivnou truhlou…<\/p>\n

Takto za\u010d\u00edn\u00e1 p\u0159\u00edb\u011bh knihy britsk\u00e9ho spisovatele Bernarda Cornwella, nazvan\u00fd \u201eSharpe’s Rifles“ a ned\u00e1vno vydan\u00fd \u010desky jako \u201eSharpovi st\u0159elci“. Pro ty, kdo se napoleonsk\u00fdmi v\u00e1lkami zab\u00fdvaj\u00ed, je to kr\u00e1sn\u00e1 oddechov\u00e1 lah\u016fdka, p\u0159i kter\u00e9 rozhodn\u011b nebudou pohor\u0161en\u011b volat: \u201eCo to tam ten chlap napsal!“ Autor toti\u017e zachytil atmosf\u00e9ru tzv. poloostrovn\u00ed v\u00e1lky, tedy boj\u016f ve \u0160pan\u011blsku a Portugalsku, s velkou znalost\u00ed v\u011bc\u00ed, dobov\u00fdch pam\u011bt\u00ed, geografie i vojensko-historick\u00fdch ud\u00e1lost\u00ed; z jeho p\u0159\u00edb\u011bhu je vid\u011bt, \u017ee dokonale zn\u00e1 literaturu po\u010d\u00ednaje klasiky konfliktu, Napierem, Londonderrym, Torrenem \u010di Omanem.<\/p>\n

\u201eSharpovi st\u0159elci“ nejsou jedin\u00fdm autorov\u00fdm rom\u00e1nem na toto t\u00e9ma, jen jedn\u00edm s prvn\u00edch, nebo\u0165 Cornwell stvo\u0159il kolem sympatick\u00e9ho Richarda Sharpa cel\u00fd cyklus, jen\u017e dnes \u010d\u00edt\u00e1 (v\u010detn\u011b dvou novel) celkem \u010dty\u0159iadvacet p\u0159\u00edb\u011bh\u016f. Nakladatelstv\u00ed Oldag je za\u010dalo v \u010de\u0161tin\u011b vyd\u00e1vat p\u0159ed p\u00e1r lety, zhruba po dvou svazc\u00edch ro\u010dn\u011b; tento je v d\u011bjov\u00e9 linii u\u017e sedm\u00fd. Prvn\u00ed t\u0159i (\u201eSharp\u016fv tygr“, \u201eSharp\u016fv triumf“ a \u201eSharpova pevnost“) se odehr\u00e1vaj\u00ed v Indii v pr\u016fb\u011bhu bitev u Seringapatamu, Assaye a p\u0159i obl\u00e9h\u00e1n\u00ed Gawilhuru (tedy v letech 1799 a\u017e 1803). Mlad\u00fd Sharpe, syn nezn\u00e1m\u00e9ho otce a lehk\u00e9 holky, d\u00edt\u011b ulice, se nech\u00e1 naverbovat do arm\u00e1dy mlad\u00e9ho Arthura Wellesleye, budouc\u00edho lorda Wellingtona, stane se podd\u016fstojn\u00edkem a v jednom boji zachr\u00e1n\u00ed siru Arthurovi \u017eivot, za co\u017e se stane podporu\u010d\u00edkem. Nem\u00e1 z toho radost, nebo\u0165 mu\u017estvo jeho pov\u00fd\u0161en\u00ed nerespektuje a aristokrati\u010dt\u00ed d\u016fstojn\u00edci j\u00edm pohrdaj\u00ed… P\u0159i n\u00e1vratu z Indie se shodou okolnost\u00ed lo\u010f, na n\u00ed\u017e pluje, dostane do bitvy u Trafalgaru (ve \u010dtvrt\u00e9m svazku \u201eSharp\u016fv Trafalgar“) a o dva roky pozd\u011bji pln\u00ed poru\u010d\u00edk Sharpe zvl\u00e1\u0161tn\u00ed misi p\u0159i britsk\u00e9m obl\u00e9h\u00e1n\u00ed Kodan\u011b (\u201eSharpeho ko\u0159ist“).<\/p>\n

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Dal\u0161\u00ed d\u00edly, kter\u00e9 po \u201eSharpov\u00fdch st\u0159elc\u00edch“ n\u00e1sleduj\u00ed, vedou jeho od\u0159ad 95th Rifles (jednotku zcela re\u00e1lnou, ony slavn\u00e9 \u201esharpshooters“ v zelen\u00fdch uniform\u00e1ch) a batalion pluku South Essex (v tomto p\u0159\u00edpad\u011b vyfabulovan\u00e9ho) p\u0159es celou Poloostrovn\u00ed v\u00e1lkou d\u00e1l a\u017e do bitvy u Waterloo a v posledn\u00edm svazku dokonce na Svatou Helenu, k Napoleonovi v posledn\u00edm exilu. Pokud nech\u00e1me stranou z\u00e1pletky a z\u016fstaneme u militari\u00ed, jsou vyl\u00ed\u010deny poutav\u011b i autenticky; nap\u0159\u00edklad bitva u Talavery v \u201eSharpe’s Eagle“ je dokonale plastick\u00e1 a faktograficky tu nelze Cornwellovi nic vytknout.<\/p>\n

Nutno podtrhnout, \u017ee p\u0159eklad v\u0161ech svazk\u016f do \u010de\u0161tiny je velmi kvalitn\u00ed a \u017ee se Ji\u0159\u00ed Bene\u0161 p\u0159edt\u00edm i v pr\u016fb\u011bhu pr\u00e1ce no\u0159il do mnoha vojnskohistorick\u00fdch knih i do dobov\u00fdch atlas\u016f! Letos by m\u011bl vyj\u00edt je\u0161t\u011b \u201eSharp\u016fv \u00fader“ (\u201eSharpe’s Havoc“ s boji kolem Oporta roku 1809) a mo\u017en\u00e1 i \u201eSharp\u016fv orel“ (u\u017e zm\u00edn\u011bn\u00e1 Talavera).<\/p>\n

Podot\u00fdk\u00e1m, \u017ee Sharp\u016fv cyklus, kter\u00fd u\u017e oblet\u011bl sv\u011bt, se do\u010dkal i filmov\u00e9ho zpracov\u00e1n\u00ed v mohutn\u00e9 \u0161estn\u00e1ctid\u00edln\u00e9 televizn\u00ed s\u00e9rii. Francouzi v n\u00ed sice v\u011bt\u0161inou vyhl\u00ed\u017eej\u00ed jako tlupa nejhor\u0161\u00edch zloduch\u016f a leckter\u00e1 sc\u00e9na je k pousm\u00e1n\u00ed, to v\u0161e ale vynahrazuj\u00ed charismatick\u00fd Sean Bean (jinak nap\u0159. Boromir v \u201eP\u00e1nu prsten\u016f“) v hlavn\u00ed roli, folkov\u00e1 britsk\u00e1 jedni\u010dka John Tams, ztv\u00e1r\u0148uj\u00edc\u00ed postavu \u201eriflemana“ Hagmana, a zejm\u00e9na nesm\u00edrn\u011b sympatick\u00fd irsk\u00fd ser\u017eant Patrick Harper v pod\u00e1n\u00ed Daragha O’Malleye. Mimochodem, John Tams je i autorem hudby k cel\u00e9 TV s\u00e9rii a j\u00edm vydan\u00fd soudtrack \u201eOver the Hills and Far Away“ (sehnateln\u00fd i v internetov\u00fdch CD obchodech u n\u00e1s) p\u0159edstavuje hudebn\u00ed lah\u016fdku.<\/p>\n

Ty z v\u00e1s, kte\u0159\u00ed dok\u00e1\u017e\u00ed naladit slovenskou STV1, bude nejsp\u00ed\u0161 zaj\u00edmat, \u017ee Sharpa zde v sou\u010dasnosti d\u00e1vaj\u00ed ka\u017edou sobotu odpoledne a pozd\u011b v noci. Ostatn\u00ed si mohou ud\u011blat p\u0159edstavu ze spousty uk\u00e1zek na www.youtube.com<\/a>; sta\u010d\u00ed zadat jen sl\u016fvko \u201eSharpe“.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rom\u00e1n, kter\u00fd stoj\u00ed za p\u0159e\u010dten\u00ed: P\u00ed\u0161e se leden 1809, britsk\u00fd sbor sira Johna Moora ustupuje galicijsk\u00fdmi horami k p\u0159\u00edstavu La Coru\u00f1a, voj\u00e1ci um\u00edraj\u00ed hladem, zimou i vy\u010derp\u00e1n\u00edm a Francouz\u016fm, kte\u0159\u00ed je pron\u00e1sleduj\u00ed, u\u017e vzdoruje jen zadn\u00ed voj \u201eBlack Boba“ Crawfurda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[129,28],"tags":[6077,6076],"class_list":["post-956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nezobrazovat-na-homepage","category-recenze-a-anotace","tag-britska-armada","tag-sharp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austerlitz.org\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austerlitz.org\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austerlitz.org\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austerlitz.org\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austerlitz.org\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=956"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.austerlitz.org\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14664,"href":"https:\/\/www.austerlitz.org\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956\/revisions\/14664"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austerlitz.org\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austerlitz.org\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austerlitz.org\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austerlitz.org\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}