Who is Lieutenant Christian Gibbons from Sharpe's Eagle: Richard Sharpe and the Talavera Campaign July 1809 and what is their importance? Sharpe's_Eagle:_Richard_Sharpe_and_the_Talavera_Campaign_July_1809 English & Literature Lieutenant Christian Gibbons | Sharpe's Eagle: Richard Sharpe and the Talavera Campaign July 1809

This wealthy and privileged young man is the nephew of Colonel Simmerson. Like his uncle, he looks on Sharpe with disdain and believes that Sharpe should not be an officer because he comes from a background of poverty. When Gibbons first meets Sharpe, he mistakes Sharpe for a private and hits him with a horsewhip. Gibbons comes to hate Sharpe when Sharpe is given the promotion Gibbons wants and again when Sharpe begins a relationship with Josephina. Gibbons is too cowardly to face Sharpe and get revenge, so he beats and rapes the woman Sharpe loves.