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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... hear his voice and see his eyes and go away to tell their children and their grandchildren that they had met Europe's bogeyman face to face . They would be able to boast that they had not just fought against him for year after bitter ...
... hear the dry scratching of rats ' feet in the cavities behind the tin patched wall . The house was evi- dently infested as badly as any ship . " Tell me your business , " the Emperor invited the senior Spanish officer present . That ...
... hear a thousand details . He noted how low the ceiling was , and how the plaster of the ceiling was yellowed and sagging , as if , at any moment , the roof might fall in . He heard the scrabble of rats again , and marked other signs of ...
... hear there'll be a revolution in Spain within the year . " Bona- parte made another scornful gesture at the billiard - room door , then turned his dark eyes on Sharpe . " But who cares about Spain . Talk to me of France . " Sharpe , as ...