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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... January 1809 SHARPE's HAvoc" Richard Sharpe and the Campaign in Northern Portugal, Spring 1809 SHARPE's EAGLE Richard Sharpe and the Talavera Campaign, July 1809 SHARPE's Gold Richard Sharpe and the Destruction of Almeida, ...
Just as the clock's bell chimed, two officers wearing French uniforms with badly tarnished gold braid came into the billiard room. One gave swift instructions in French which the other man translated into bad Spanish.
Then the double doors at the far end of the room were snatched open and a servant dressed in green and gold livery stood in the entrance. “The Emperor will receive you now.” he said, then stood aside. And Sharpe, his heart beating as ...