Sharpe's Battle: The Battle of Fuentes de Onoro, May 1811: 12 - Softcover

Cornwell, Bernard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060932287 ISBN 13: 9780060932282

Publisher: Harper Paperbacks, 1999

Synopsis

From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the twelth installment in the world-renowned Sharpe series, chronicling the rise of Richard Sharpe, a Private in His Majesty's Army at the siege of Seringapatam.

Quartered in a crumbling Portuguese fort, Richard Sharpe and his men are attacked by an elite French unit, led by an old enemy of Sharpe's, and suffer heavy losses.

The army's high command blame Sharpe for the disaster and his military career seems to be ruined. His only hope is to redeem himself on the battlefield. So with his honour at stake, against an overwhelming number of French troops, Sharpe leads his men to battle in the narrow streets of Fuentes de Oñoro.

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Review:

"Combines those strengths that have come to characterize Bernard Cornwell's fiction'immaculate historical reconstruction and the ability to tell a ripping yarn."-- "Washington Post""Cornwell writes more gripping battle scenes than any other contemporary author."-- "Kirkus Reviews"

About the Author:

BERNARD CORNWELL is the author of the acclaimed New York Times bestselling Saxon Tales series, which includes The Last Kingdom, The Pale Horseman, Lords of the North, Sword Song, The Burning Land, Death of Kings, The Pagan Lord, and, most recently, The Empty Throne and Warriors of the Storm, and which serves as the basis for the hit television series The Last Kingdom. He lives with his wife on Cape Cod and in Charleston, South Carolina.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0060932287
• ISBN 13: 9780060932282
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368