Sharpe's Devil: Napoleon and South America, 1820-1821

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Harper Collins, 2009年10月13日 - 336 頁
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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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–Boston Globe “Cornwell's blending of the fictional Sharpe with historical figures and actual battles gives the narrative a stunning sense of realism. . . . If only all history lessons could be as vibrant." –San Francisco Chronicle "A ...
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... since the wars the Irishman had run a hostelry in Dublin, "and a man has to be seen drinking his own wares,” Harper would explain defensively, "because it gives folks a confidence in the quality of what a man sells, so it does.
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I suppose they give it a French name to suggest that it has superb quality.” He turned the stemmed glass in his hand, then offered Sharpe a wry smile. "But I sometimes dream of drinking a glass of my Chambertin again.

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Ardiles army asked attack bastard battle Bautista believe Blair bloody boat body Bonaparte called Captain Captain-General carried Chile Chilean Citadel close Cochrane Cochrane's Colonel course dark dead deck defenders Don Blas don't embrasures Emperor enemy Espiritu Santo face fight fire flag Fort fortress French frigate give gold guns hand harbor head hear heard horses hour ISBN kill knew land Lieutenant looked Lord Louisa Major Marquinez mean Miller Mister musket never O'Higgins officers ordered prison Puerto Crucero reached rebels sail screamed seemed Sharpe and Harper Sharpe asked Sharpe's ship shot shouted side smiled smoke soldiers sounded Spain Spaniards Spanish steps suddenly sword tell thing thought told took trying turned Valdivia Vivar waited wall watch wind

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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.
出現在 923 書籍中，時間範圍：1758-2008
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...
出現在 168 書籍中，時間範圍：1802-2008
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.
出現在 729 書籍中，時間範圍：1758-2008
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.
出現在 95 書籍中，時間範圍：1783-2008

關於作者 (2009)

BERNARD CORNWELL is the author of over fifty novels, including the acclaimed New York Times bestselling Saxon Tales, which serve as the basis for the hit Netflix series The Last Kingdom. He lives with his wife on Cape Cod and in Charleston, South Carolina.

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書名Sharpe's Devil: Napoleon and South America, 1820-1821
作者Bernard Cornwell
出版者Harper Collins, 2009
ISBN0061834130, 9780061834134
頁數336 頁
  
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