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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“Bastable,” the name suddenly shot into Sharpe's head, “Thomas Bastable.” "Bastable! That was him, right enough. He used to close his eyes whenever he fired a musket, and I never could get him out of the habit.
Beyond the barren grassland were sudden saw-edged peaks, black and menacing, and on one of those rocky crags was ... The semaphore machine beside the guardhouse on the road suddenly clattered into life, its twin black arms creaking as.
suddenly clattered into life, its twin black arms creaking as they jerked up and down. “They'll be telling everyone that were coming,” Harper, who was finding every mundane event of this hot day exciting, said happily. "Like as not.
... were a sudden reproof to these Spaniards who had chosen the comfort of Ardiles's fast frigate while leaving their men to the stinking hulks that would take at least a month longer than the Espiritu Santo to make the long, ...
The rain had at last begun to fall and a zinc bucket, placed close to the Emperor's chair, suddenly rang as a drip fell from the leaking ceiling. The Emperor frowned at the noise, then returned his polite attention to Colonel Ruiz who ...