Sharpe's Devil: Napoleon and South America, 1820-1821Harper Collins, 2009年10月13日 - 336 頁 From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, another exciting adventure in the world-renowned Sharpe series, chronicling the rise of Richard Sharpe, a Private in His Majesty’s Army at the siege of Seringapatam. Five years after the Battle of Waterloo, Sharpe’s peaceful retirement in Normandy is shattered. An old friend, Don Blas Vivar, is missing in Chile, reported dead at rebel hands – a report his wife refuses to believe. She appeals to Sharpe to find out the truth. Sharpe, along with Patrick Harper, find themselves bound for Chile via St. Helena, where they have a fateful meeting with the fallen Emperor Napoleon. Convinced that they are on their way to collect a corpse, neither man can imagine that dangers that await them in Chile… |
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... Harper and was Sharpe's companion on this voyage , had expressed the exact same sentiment at dawn when , as their ship crept on a small wind to the island's anchorage , the first light had revealed the unappealing landscape . you " It's ...
... Harper proudly thumped his chest , thus setting off a seismic quiver of his belly . " It isn't the eating , " Sharpe said . " It's the beer . " " Stout can't make you fat ! " Patrick Harper was deeply offended . He had been Sharpe's ...
... Sharpe had hoped it would stay forever . Except now he was wearing the sword ... Harper clambered onto an animal that looked only half his own size , yet ... Sharpe's path and one of the slaves , who was following close behind the mounted ...
... Harper asked with heavy sarcasm . " It belongs to the East India Company , " Sharpe explained patiently . " It's a place where they can supply their ships . " " It looks bloody English to me , so it does . Except for them black fellows ...
... Harper overlapping the struggling mule , but their faces turned to stone when Sharpe glowered at them . Christ , Sharpe thought , but these men must be bored . Stuck four thousand miles from home with nothing to do but watch the sea and ...