Sharpe's Enemy: The Defense of Portugal, Christmas 1812: Richard Sharpe and the Defense of Portugal, Christmas 1812 (Richard Sharpe Adventure, 15) - Softcover

Cornwell, Bernard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140294341 ISBN 13: 9780140294347

Publisher: Penguin, 2000

Synopsis

A band of renegades led by Sharpe's vicious enemy, Obadiah Hakeswill, holds a group of British and French women hostage on a strategic mountain pass. Outnumbered and attacked from two sides, Sharpe must hold his ground or die in the attempt.

About this title

Review:

‘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

About the Author:

Bernard Cornwell, bestselling author of the Warlord Chronicles and the Sharpe series, is married and lives in Cape Cod, USA.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0140294341
• ISBN 13: 9780140294347
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352