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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... bloody place . " Harper fanned his face with the brim of his broad hat . " I wish they'd bring the bloody mules . I'm dying of the bloody heat , so I am . It must be a fair bit cooler up in them hills . " " If you weren't so fat ...
... bloody English to me , so it does . Except for them black fellows . You remember that darkie we had in the adier company ? Big fellow ? Died at Toulouse ? " gren- Sharpe nodded . The black fellow had been one of the bat- talion's few ...
... bloody claws ? But instead , standing on a hearth rug in front of an empty fireplace , Sharpe saw a short , stout man wearing a plain green riding coat with a velvet collar , black knee breeches and coarse white stockings . In the ...
... bloody path down Saint Hele- na's hillside to the sea and freedom . Harper , sitting beside Sharpe , had the same look of adoration on his face . " I understand that this man , I can't recall his name , is presently living in the rebel ...