Author: Bernard Cornwell Publisher: Penguin Group ISBN: 9780140100280 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 258
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With Wellington outnumbered, the bankrupt army's only hope of avoiding, collapse is a hidden cache of Portuguese gold. Only Captain Richard Sharpe is capable of stealing it-and it means turning against his own men.
Author: Bernard Cornwell Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 9780451212573 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 292
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The first book in Bernard Cornwell's epic Sharpe series, which completely transports the reader to an unforgettable time and place in history. At Talavera in July of 1809, Captain Richard Sharpe, bold, professional, and ruthless, prepares to lead his men against the armies of Napoleon into what will be the bloodiest battle of the war. Sharpe has earned his captaincy, but there are others, such as the foppish Lieutenant Gibbons and his uncle, Colonel Henry Simmerson, who have bought their commissions despite their incompetence. After their cowardly loss of the regiment's colors, their resentment toward the upstart Sharpe turns to treachery, and Sharpe must battle his way through sword fights and bloody warfare to redeem the honor of his regiment by capturing the most valued prize in the French Army—a golden Imperial Eagle, the standard touched by the hand of Napoleon himself.
Author: Bernard Cornwell Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 9780451213419 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 260
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An action-packed historical adventure from Bernard Cornwell’s enthralling series on the Napoleonic Wars. A daring, impossible mission might just be their last hope. A year after the victory at Talavera, things are looking bleak. With Wellington outnumbered, the bankrupt army’s only hope of avoiding collapse is a hidden cache of Portuguese gold. Only Captain Richard Sharpe is capable of stealing it—and it means turning against his own men.
Author: Bernard Cornwell Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0061012696 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 420
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"It was a bloody awful shot," Sharpe said. "My mother could lay a gun better than that." "I didn't think you had a mother," Private Garrard said. "Everyone's got a mother, Tom." "Not Sergeant Hakeswill," Garrard said, then spat a mix of dust and spittle. . . . "Hakeswill was spawned of the devil." Richard Sharpe—Soldier, hero, rogue—the man you always want on your side. Born in poverty, he joined the army to escape jail and climbed the ranks by sheer brutal courage. He knows no other family than the regiment of the 95th Rifles, whose green jacket he proudly wears.
Author: Bernard Cornwell Publisher: Sharpe Series ISBN: 9780007452958 Category : Fuentes de Oñoro, Battle of, Fuentes de Oñoro, Spain, 1811 Languages : en Pages : 0
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Set in 1811, during some of the worst fighting of the Napoleonic Wars, Richard Sharpe is given responsibility of an Irish battalion of ceremonial troops who are poorly equipped and untrained for battle.
Author: Bernard Cornwell Publisher: HarperCollins UK ISBN: 000723516X Category : Great Britain Languages : en Pages : 386
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The Seventeenth Sharpe Novel Sees Sharpe Returning From India To London To Join The Newly Formed Green Jackets. Sharpe, Though A Little More Comfortable With His New Officer Rank, Is Sure That This New Unit Is Of Lower Status, And That He Has Failed. His Ship Home Is Shipwrecked: He Is Captured By Pirates, But Fighting Free With A Few Companions, Finds Himself On A British Navy Ship Heading To Join Nelson'S Fleet. And There, In October 1805, He Finds Himself Involved In The Great Sea Battle, And Discovers New Skills In Fighting On Sea
Author: Bernard Cornwell Publisher: HarperTorch ISBN: 9780007425808 Category : Adventure stories Languages : en Pages : 0
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After barely surviving a murderous act of treason by a bitter English officer who has joined the mercenary forces of the Mahratta confederation, young Richard Sharpe vows to hunt down the turncoat. Reissue.
Author: Bernard Cornwell Publisher: HarperCollins UK ISBN: 0006165737 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 344
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It was a hard winter. For Richard Sharpe, it was the worst he could remember. He had lost his command to a wealthy man. And from England comes his oldest enemy - the ruthless Hakeswill - utterly determined to ruin Sharpe.
Author: Bernard Cornwell
Author: Bernard Cornwell
Author: Bernard Cornwell
Author: Bernard Cornwell
Author: Bernard Cornwell
Author: Bernard Cornwell
Author: Bernard Cornwell
Author: Bernard Cornwell
Author: Bernard Cornwell
Author: Bernard Cornwell