Sharpe's Rifles. This item is unavailable.Sharpe's Rifles

A historical novel featuring Lieutenant Richard Sharpe, who, with a detachment of Riflemen, are succumbing to a Napoleonic onslaught and are being forced back to La Coruna in Spain. Faced with overwhelming French numbers, Sharpe's determination is about to be tested to its limit. From the author of THE BLOODY GROUND.

‘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