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‘Sharpe and his creator are national treasures.' Sunday Telegraph
'Bernard Cornwell is a literary miracle. Year after year, hail, rain, snow, war and political upheavals fail to prevent him from producing the most entertaining and readable historical novels of his generation.' Daily Mail
'Cornwell's narration is quite masterly and supremely well-researched.' Observer
‘The best battle scenes of any writer I’ve ever read, past or present. Cornwell really makes history come alive.’ George R.R. Martin
Colonel Leroux answered to no man save the Emperor. With exquisite delicacy he could skin a man alive in search of the secrets he held; a parole given in 'honour' was a means to an end. From the first moment Richard Sharpe came across the Frenchman he mistrusted him – and lusted after the sword Leroux had killed so many times with. But at each encounter the Colonel escaped Sharpe with almost contemptuous ease...
Bernard Cornwell mixes intrigue and passion, the heat of war and the cold hatred of enmity, with a sure hand, bringing the Peninsular War vividly, excitingly to life. An enthralling Sharpe adventure to delight the listener.
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Ian Robertson (illustrator). Ex-library reprint states "First published 1983 / This reprint published 1993." There are rough patches to front endpapers where attachments may have been removed, but at this point the only remaining library marking is a "West Sussex Libraries" rubber stamp to the copyright page. NO edge stampings. Spine slanted half an inch (1 cm.) Pages "good" but not pristine. The "very good" dust jacket -- with quite a different and more dynamic illustration than the earlier printings -- could grade "near fine" but for two tiny chips to bottom of spine. Not price clipped -- original L14.99 price showing. Horizontal cover art appears to be signed "GD" but is otherwise uncredited. Told that the French were extending their left, south of Salamanca, did Wellington actually toss the drumstick he'd been eating, exclaim "The devil they are! Give me a glass!" and quickly order the attack that defeated 40,000 Frenchmen in 40 minutes? Historians quibble, but author Cornwell does not. Fourth and hardest to find of the Richard Sharpe adventures of Wellington's peninsular war. Sean Bean starred in the British TV series, which originally aired 1993 to 1997. Totals 319 pp. Reduced from $200. Seller Inventory # 008847
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Ian Robertson (illustrator). First thus. VG+/VG+ 1996 reprint Collins hardback, unclipped DJ. More compact reissue edition with alternative blue illustrated jacket, same ISBN, name inside front cover, light natural aging, VG+ tight and unmarked. Size: 130\nx 190mm. 320 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; Adventure Books; ISBN: 0002214105. ISBN/EAN: 9780002214100. Dewey Code: 823/.9/1. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 088412. Seller Inventory # 088412
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Collectable - Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Ian Robertson (illustrator). 2nd print First Edition. VG/VG- 2nd impression 1st ed 1983 Collins hardback, price-clipped DJ. Some darkening along inside edges of jacket, a little page tanning, tight and unmarked. Size: 130\nx 190mm. 320 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Fiction; Historical Adventure; ISBN: 0002214105. ISBN/EAN: 9780002214100. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 091280. Seller Inventory # 091280
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Ian Robertson (illustrator). Signed. First ed, second printing, stated. SIGNED by author on title page. Pages before title page have been torn out. A well-read but clean copy. Jacket in old mylar, VG. Pages clean. Seller Inventory # mon0003292105
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Ian Robertson (illustrator). 1st Edition. First UK edition, first printing. The fourth "Sharpe" book. Near Fine red hardback, head and heel of spine lightly but noticeably bumped, in a Near Fine- price clipped dust jacket with one or two tiny color chips out at edges and noticeable bumping to the jacket head and heel, now protected in a Brodart. A clean, cosmetically worn copy. Seller Inventory # 010735
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Ian Robertson (illustrator). Signed. First Edition. First ed, stated. SIGNED by author on title page. Foxing to textblock edges. Jacket in mylar, minor tanning/foxing to inner flaps. Light shelf wear. Pages/boards/jacket clean, binding sturdy. Seller Inventory # mon0002707385
Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: F. Ian Robertson (illustrator). First Edition. VG+/F. 8vo. original red boards gilt (spotting and offsetting to leaf edges and endpapers, prev. owner's name to upper pastedown, faint slant to spine, otherwise clean & bright) in dustwrapper priced £8.50 net (a trifle toned); pp. 320 (last blank), with a map. A very good copy. The fourth novel in the Sharpe series, but fourteenth chronologically. The scarcest novel in the sequence, allegedly limited to 500 copies. Seller Inventory # 026187
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Ian Robertson (illustrator). 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print (1 of 500 copies). Hardback copy in red cloth boards with gold gilt lettering to spine. Unclipped dustjacket (£8.50 net) in new removable protective clear sleeve. 319pp. Signed by author on official bookplate loosely inserted in book. Not library copy, no inscriptions, light crease to bottom corner of page 319 and rear endpaper. (49/4). Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # ABE-1608809377105
Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: F-. Ian Robertson (illustrator). First Edition. VG+/F-. 8vo. original red boards gilt (new endpapers, some marks to leaf edges, a little neat restoration to hinges, else clean and bright throughout) in dustwrapper (edges a trifle rubbed); pp. 320 (last blank), with a map. A near fine copy. Flatsigned to title page 'Bernard Cornwell'. The fourth novel in the Sharpe series, but fourteenth chronologically. The scarcest novel in the sequence, allegedly limited to 500 copies. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 021064
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1983 Collins hardcover first edition, first impresion. Light reading wear, else very good condition in very good unmarked dustjacket.This copy is signed to the previous owner by Bernard Cornwell who has also added an initialled note to the map "This map is a Collins invention - BC". Cornwell has then made pen ammendments to the map, crossing out a river and showing the correct positions of a village and a hill.The book is housed in a custom-made slipcase lined with cream acid-free paper, covered in green bookcloth and showing a detail from the dustjacket. Seller Inventory # LL-5CGC-SJTP