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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... battles gives the narrative a stunning sense of realism . . . . If only all history lessons could be as vibrant . ” -San Francisco Chronicle " A hero in the mold of James Bond , although his weapons are a Baker carbine and a giant ...
... BATTLE * Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro , May 1811 SHARPE'S COMPANY Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Badajoz , January to April 1812 SHARPE'S SWORD Richard Sharpe and the Salamanca Campaign , June and July 1812 ...
... Battle Flag The Bloody Ground * THE WARLORD CHRONICLES The Winter King The Enemy of God Excalibur OTHER NOVELS Redcoat * Gallows Thief " Stonehenge , 2000 B.C .: A Novel * * Published by HarperCollinsPublishers SHARPE'S DEVIL RICHARD ...
... battle at Waterloo , could still wear his old uniform . Indeed , this very morning , taking the uniform from his sea chest , he had been forced to stab a new hole in the belt of his trousers to save them from collapsing around his ...
... battle , went to meet an old enemy . It was all so utterly different from everything Sharpe had anticipated . Later , trying to reconcile reality with expecta- tion , Sharpe wondered just what he had thought to find inside the yellow ...