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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... face was running with sweat , displayed too much contrition . " We didn't expect sixteen gentlemen , you under- stand , only fourteen , though of course there would still have been insufficient transport , but I have spoken with the ...
... 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 back ...
... 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 , " Sharpe said mildly , " we could walk ...
... face as round as the full moon and legs as thick as howitzer barrels . Sharpe himself , five years after the battle at Waterloo , could still wear his old uniform . Indeed , this very morning , taking the uniform from his sea chest , he ...
... faces turned to stone when Sharpe glowered at them . Christ , Sharpe thought , but these men must be bored . Stuck four thousand miles from home with nothing to do but watch the sea and the mountains and to wonder about the small house ...