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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... dark - haired man who wore a faded uniform jacket of the British 95th Rifles . " Can translate for me , sir ? " you " More mules are coming , " the Rifleman said in laconic , but fluent Spanish . It had been nearly six years since the ...
... dark face was slashed by a jagged scar . The Rifleman , who was wishing he could respond more easily and sympathetically to such appeals to his memory , was Richard Sharpe . His uniform , which might have looked shabby on a beggar's ...
... dark cliffs , at the banyan trees , at the slave huts , at the rain clouds swelling above the black volcanic peaks , at the sea , at the small town , and at last delivered himself of his consid- ered verdict . “ A rare old shitheap of a ...
... were backed by the turbulent dark rain clouds , its white painted walls looked unnaturally bright . The semaphore machine beside the guardhouse on the road suddenly clattered into life , its twin black arms creaking. 10 BERNARD CORNWELL.
... dark moods , replied with great equanimity , " but we still thought it worth trying , didn't we ? Or would all this way and stay locked up in your cabin ? You can always turn back . " you come Sharpe rode on without answering . Dust ...