Sharpe’s Battle - Hardcover

Cornwell, Bernard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0002243075 ISBN 13: 9780002243070

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1995

Synopsis

This novel takes Richard Sharpe and his picked bunch of riflemen back to the spring of 1811 and one of the bitterest battles of the Penninsular war. Sharpe finds himself given the responsibility for the Irish Company of the exiled King of Spain's household guard.

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 was born in London, raised in Essex and now lives in the USA. In addition to the Sharpe series, he is the author of the Arthurian series, the Warlord Chronicles; the Starbuck Chronicles on the American Civil War; Stonehenge; Gallows Thief; the Grail Quest series; and his new series, set during the reign of King Alfred. His latest novel is Azincourt.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0002243075
• ISBN 13: 9780002243070
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288