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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... close behind the mounted men , darted after the animal . " I thought slavery had been abolished ? " commented Harper , who had evidently forgiven Sharpe for the remarks about his fatness . " In Britain , yes , " Sharpe said , " but this ...
... close 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 . Jesus , but he ...
... close to the front hedge . She looked up , smiled a familiar greeting at the red - faced Major who led the convoy of mules , then stared with frank curiosity at the strangers . The Spanish officers bowed their heads gravely , Sharpe ...
... 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 in the ...
... close , and none of its windows was open . The rain had at last begun to fall and a zinc bucket , placed close to the Emperor's chair , suddenly rang as a drip fell from the leaking ceiling . The Emperor frowned at the noise , then ...