Sharpe's Battle (Richard Sharpe Adventure) - Softcover

Cornwell, Bernard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061095370 ISBN 13: 9780061095375

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1996

Synopsis

Leading an Irish battalion from the king of Spain's household guard into the bitter Peninsular War of 1811, Richard Sharpe is ambushed by an elite French unit commanded by his arch enemy and is forced to salvage a ruined reputation. Reprint.

About this title

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: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0061095370
• ISBN 13: 9780061095375
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback