Sharpe's Devil: Napoleon and South America, 1820-1821From 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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第 8 頁
A lizard, iridescent in the sunlight, darted across Sharpe's path and one of the slaves, who was following close behind the mounted men, darted after the animal. “I thought slavery had been abolished?" commented Harper, who had ...
A lizard, iridescent in the sunlight, darted across Sharpe's path and one of the slaves, who was following close behind the mounted men, darted after the animal. “I thought slavery had been abolished?" commented Harper, who had ...
第 9 頁
He used to close his eyes whenever he fired a musket, and I never could get him out of the habit. He probably put more bullets into more angels than any soldier in history, God rest his soul. But he was a terror with the bayonet.
He used to close his eyes whenever he fired a musket, and I never could get him out of the habit. He probably put more bullets into more angels than any soldier in history, God rest his soul. But he was a terror with the bayonet.
第 10 頁
A gardener, who looked Chinese, was digging in the vegetable patch beside the house, while a young woman, fair-haired and whitedressed, sat reading under a gazebo close to the front hedge. She looked up, smiled a familiar greeting at ...
A gardener, who looked Chinese, was digging in the vegetable patch beside the house, while a young woman, fair-haired and whitedressed, sat reading under a gazebo close to the front hedge. She looked up, smiled a familiar greeting at ...
第 13 頁
... were so close to the ogre, the tyrant, the scourge of Europe. And even stranger that Bonaparte was willing to receive them so that, for a few heart-stopping moments on this humid day, two old soldiers of Britain's army would stand ...
... were so close to the ogre, the tyrant, the scourge of Europe. And even stranger that Bonaparte was willing to receive them so that, for a few heart-stopping moments on this humid day, two old soldiers of Britain's army would stand ...
第 20 頁
Bonaparte politely affected to believe the Colonel's assurance that the liberals would not dare to revolt openly against the King, and his denial that the army, sickened by the waste of blood in South America, was close to mutiny.
Bonaparte politely affected to believe the Colonel's assurance that the liberals would not dare to revolt openly against the King, and his denial that the army, sickened by the waste of blood in South America, was close to mutiny.
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第 227 頁 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
第 201 頁 - tis to glory we steer To add something more to this wonderful year ; To honour we call you, not press you like slaves ; For who are so free as the sons of the waves...
第 223 頁 - We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning.
第 201 頁 - Heart of oak are our ships, Heart of oak are our men, We always are ready, Steady ! Boys ! steady ! We'll fight and we'll conquer again and again.
書目資訊
| 書名 | Sharpe's Devil: Napoleon and South America, 1820-1821 |
| 作者 | Bernard Cornwell |
| 出版者 | Harper Collins, 2009 |
| ISBN | 0061834130, 9780061834134 |
| 頁數 | 336 頁 |
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