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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第 3 頁
Now they waited in the oppressive, windless heat. In one of the houses just beyond the rose-bright hedge a baby cried. “More mules are being fetched. If you gentlemen will do us the honor of patience? And accept our sincerest apologies.
Now they waited in the oppressive, windless heat. In one of the houses just beyond the rose-bright hedge a baby cried. “More mules are being fetched. If you gentlemen will do us the honor of patience? And accept our sincerest apologies.
第 13 頁
Sharpe, even as he waited, found it hard to believe that Bonaparte would receive them. He had ridden all the way from Jamestown in the belief that this expedition would be met with a scornful refusal, but had consoled himself that.
Sharpe, even as he waited, found it hard to believe that Bonaparte would receive them. He had ridden all the way from Jamestown in the belief that this expedition would be met with a scornful refusal, but had consoled himself that.
第 14 頁
Now Sharpe waited to see the same man in an anteroom where three buckets betrayed that the house roof leaked, and where the green baize surface of the billiard table was as scuffed and faded as the Rifleman's jacket that Sharpe had worn ...
Now Sharpe waited to see the same man in an anteroom where three buckets betrayed that the house roof leaked, and where the green baize surface of the billiard table was as scuffed and faded as the Rifleman's jacket that Sharpe had worn ...
第 16 頁
"His Majesty will be ready soon, the first French officer said, and then the whole group waited in an awkward silence. The Spanish army officers, gorgeous in their uniforms, had taken off their bicorne hats in readiness for the imperial ...
"His Majesty will be ready soon, the first French officer said, and then the whole group waited in an awkward silence. The Spanish army officers, gorgeous in their uniforms, had taken off their bicorne hats in readiness for the imperial ...
第 21 頁
... the longboats waited to row the sixteen men back to Ardiles's ship. Sharpe gazed attentively about the room, knowing that when he was back home Lucille would demand to hear a thousand details. He noted how low the ceiling was, ...
... the longboats waited to row the sixteen men back to Ardiles's ship. Sharpe gazed attentively about the room, knowing that when he was back home Lucille would demand to hear a thousand details. He noted how low the ceiling was, ...
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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.
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...
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.
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.
書目資訊
| 書名 | Sharpe's Devil: Napoleon and South America, 1820-1821 |
| 作者 | Bernard Cornwell |
| 出版者 | Harper Collins, 2009 |
| ISBN | 0061834130, 9780061834134 |
| 頁數 | 336 頁 |
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