Rifleman Daniel Hagman is a fictional character from Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe series of novels. A former poacher, he is the best shot in the company. He is also the oldest Rifleman. He survives the entirety of the Peninsular War but is killed at Waterloo in 1815.
He is played by John Tams in the Sharpe TV series. Here he is one of Sharpe's "Chosen Men", which in reality meant corporal but is used in the series as a catch-all for the Riflemen. He...
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Daniel Hagman
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Character Created By
Bernard Cornwell
Bernard Cornwell OBE (born 23 February 1944) is an English author of historical novels. He is best known for his novels about Napoleonic Wars rifleman Richard Sharpe which were adapted into a series of Sharpe television films.
Cornwell was born in London in 1944. His father was a Canadian airman,...
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