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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... waited in the billiard room , a servant brought wine to the audience room , and Bonaparte talked with a Rifleman . The Emperor had nothing but scorn for Colonel Ruiz and his hopes of victory in Chile . " They've already lost that war ...
... , sir . I was . " " So tell me , " the Emperor began , and thus they talked , while the Spaniards waited and the rain fell and the sun sank and the redcoat guards tightened their nighttime ring about the. 28 BERNARD CORNWELL .
... waited to take the passengers back to Ardi- les's ship . At the quayside a British officer waited in the rain . " Mister Sharpe ? " He stepped up to Sharpe as soon as the Rifleman dismounted from his mule . " Lieutenant Colonel Sharpe ...