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Richard Sharpe novels volume 8

Pub. Date

1981

Physical Desc

270 p. ; 24 cm.

Description

Temporary Captain Richard Sharpe must redeem the disgrace of his regiment in having lost its colors in combat by capturing one of the gold eagles given by Napoleon to each of his regiments.

2) Sharpe's sword: Richard Sharpe and the Salamanca Campaign, June and July 1812

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Richard Sharpe novels volume 14

Pub. Date

c1983

Physical Desc

319 p. : map ; 24 cm.

3) Sharpe's enemy: Richard Sharpe and the defense of Portugal, Christmas 1812

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Richard Sharpe novels volume 16

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Book, Audiobook CD

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In 1812, after just being promoted to Major, Richard Sharpe and his company is deployed to the Spanish-Portuguese boarder in an attempt to disband a multinational band of deserters, led by his longtime nemesis Obadiah Hakeswill. Planning to outsmart the renegades by taking their position on Christmas Eve, Sharpe is about to be confronted with the fact that he is surrounded by several French battalions.

4) Sharpe's regiment: Richard Sharpe and the invasion of France, June to November 1813

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Richard Sharpe novels volume 18

Pub. Date

1987, c1986

Physical Desc

372 p. ; 18 cm.

5) Sharpe's siege: Richard Sharpe and the Winter Campaign, 1814

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Richard Sharpe novels volume 19

Pub. Date

1987

Physical Desc

319 p. : maps ; 24 cm.

Description

Sharpe's mission has seemed simple: capture a small unguarded French coastal fort, cripple Napoleon's supply lines, and retreat across the sea. But behind the lines, Sharpe's old enemy, Pierre Ducos, awaits Sharpe's arrival with a battalion of French soldiers and a vicious commanding general who keeps the scalps of his dead enemies as trophies. Outmaneuvered by Ducos's treachery and abandoned by his own navy, Sharpe has only two choices: to escape...

6) Sharpe's rifles: Richard Sharpe and the French invasion of Galicia, January 1809

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Richard Sharpe novels volume 6

Pub. Date

1988.

Physical Desc

304 pages ; 24 cm

Description

In the bitter winter of 1809, the French are winning the war in Spain. Britain's forces are retreating, being hotly pursued by Napoleon's troops. Lieutenant Richard Sharpe and his detachment of riflemen, have been cut off, and are being pursued by an Irishman called Patrick Harper. Sharpe finds an ally in a Spanish cavalry officer, Blas Vivar, and companionship in an English refugee, Louisa Parker.

7) Sharpe's Company

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Richard Sharpe novels volume 13

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To stem the Napoleonic tide, Sharpe must capture a fortress—where his wife and infant daughter are trapped—while protecting himself from a fellow officer determined to destroy him.

8) Sharpe's devil

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Richard Sharpe novels volume 22

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Audiobook CD, eAudiobook

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From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, another exciting adventure in the world-renowned Sharpe series, chronicling the rise of Richard Sharpe, a Private in His Majesty's Army at the siege of Seringapatam. Five years after the Battle of Waterloo, Sharpe's peaceful retirement in Normandy is shattered. An old friend, Don Blas Vivar, is missing in Chile, reported dead at rebel hands — a report his wife refuses to believe. She appeals...

9) Sharpe's Eagle

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Richard Sharpe novels volume 8
Sharpe's eagle

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The first book in Bernard Cornwell's epic Sharpe series, which completely transports the reader to an unforgettable time and place in history.
At Talavera in July of 1809, Captain Richard Sharpe, bold, professional, and ruthless, prepares to lead his men against the armies of Napoleon into what will be the bloodiest battle of the war. Sharpe has earned his captaincy, but there are others, such as the foppish Lieutenant Gibbons...

10) Sharpe's Rifles

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Richard Sharpe novels volume 6

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Bernard Cornwell's action-packed series that captures the gritty texture of Napoleonic warfare—now beautifully repackaged

It's 1809, and Napoleon's army is sweeping across Spain. Lieutenant Richard Sharpe is newly in command of the demoralized, distrustful men of the 95th Rifles. He must lead them to safety—and the only way of escape is a treacherous trek through the enemy-infested mountains of Spain.

11) Sharpe's devil: Richard Sharpe and the Emperor, 1820-1821

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Richard Sharpe

Pub. Date

1999

Physical Desc

322 pages : map ; 21 cm

Description

Embarking on an odyssey to Chile to find an old friend who has disappeared, Sharpe and Patrick Harper are asked by Napoleon to deliver a seemingly harmless gift--one that plunges them into a world of danger and intrigue.

12) Sharpe's tiger

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Series

Richard Sharpe novels volume 1

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Audiobook CD, eAudiobook

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In 1799, the British Army is fighting its way through India in an attempt to push the ruthless Tippoo of Mysore from his throne and drive his French allies out. Posing as a deserter, the young and illiterate private Richard Sharpe must penetrate into the Tippoo's city and make contact with a Scottish spy being held prisoner there. Success will mean winning his sergeant stripes; failure, being turned over to the Tippoo's brutal executioners—or

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13) Sharpe's tiger: Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Seringapatam, 1799

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Series

Richard Sharpe novels volume 1

Pub. Date

1999

Physical Desc

385 p. ; 21 cm.

14) Sharpe's fortress: Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Gawilghur, December 1803

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Richard Sharpe novels volume 3

Pub. Date

2000

Physical Desc

294 p.

Description

Richard Sharpe, newly promoted for his skill in assisting Sir Arthur Wellesley in the battle against the Mahratta, risks his honor, reputation, and fortune in his quest to thwart a treasonous scheme devised by his oldest nemesis Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill.

15) Sharpe's triumph: Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Assaye, September 1803

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Richard Sharpe novels volume 2

Pub. Date

2000

Physical Desc

291 p. : map ; 21 cm.

Description

When a bitter English officer defects from the East India Company to join the mercenary forces of the Mahratta confederation, Richard Sharpe hunts down the turncoat and is hurled into the battle of Assay alongside the Duke of Wellington.

16) Sharpe's Triumph: Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Assaye, September 1803

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Richard Sharpe novels volume 2

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From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the second 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.

"The greatest writer of historical adventures today."
—Washington Post

Richard Sharpe. Soldier, hero, rogue—the

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17) Sharpe's company: the siege of Badajoz

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Richard Sharpe novels volume 13

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280 pages : map ; 20 cm.

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Richard Sharpe is on a suicide mission, to the fortress of Badajoz to retrieve his wife and daughter. Outside the walls waits the vengeance-crazed Sergeant Obadiah Haskewill, a man determined to kill Sharpe.

18) Sharpe's honor

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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Richard Sharpe novels volume 17

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A shrewd priest of the Inquisition, his cruel brother, and a secret that can win the war for Napoleon combine to threaten the undercover mission of Major Richard Sharpe, as Sharpe finds himself a fugitive hunted by both the French and the allies.

19) Sharpe's revenge: Richard Sharpe and the peace of 1814

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Richard Sharpe novels volume 20

Pub. Date

2001, c1989

Physical Desc

348 p. ; 20 cm.

Description

Swordwielding Richard Sharpe, tempered by years of fighting, must take up arms again in a bloody battle to defend himself from charges of stealing Napoleon's personal treasures and protect the city of Toulouse.

20) Sharpe's Trafalgar: Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Trafalgar, October 21, 1805

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Series

Richard Sharpe novels volume 4

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Book, Audiobook CD

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