Description
Product ID: | 9780007428083 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | The Sharpe Series |
Title: | Sharpe’s Havoc |
Subtitle: | The Northern Portugal Campaign, Spring 1809 |
Authors: | Author: Bernard Cornwell |
Page Count: | 368 |
Subjects: | Historical crime and mysteries, Historical mysteries, Historical adventure fiction, Napoleonic War fiction, Adventure fiction: Westerns, Historical fiction, Historical adventure, Napoleonic War fiction, Westerns, Historical fiction, Europe, Portugal, Modern period, c 1500 onwards, c 1800 to c 1900 |
Description: | Select Guide Rating *SHARPE’S COMMAND, the brand new novel in the global bestselling series, is available to pre-order now* A small British army is stranded when the French invade northern Portugal and Lieutenant Richard Sharpe meets the future Duke of Wellington. *SHARPE’S COMMAND, the brand new novel in the global bestselling series, is available to pre-order now*A small British army is stranded when the French invade northern Portugal and Lieutenant Richard Sharpe meets the future Duke of Wellington.Sharpe is stranded behind enemy lines, but he has Patrick Harper, his riflemen and he has the assistance of a young, idealistic Portuguese officer.When he is joined by the future Duke of Wellington they immediately mount a counter-attack and Sharpe, having been the hunted, becomes the hunter once more. Amidst the wreckage of a defeated army, in the storm lashed hills of the Portuguese frontier, Sharpe takes his revenge.Soldier, hero, rogue – Sharpe is the man you always want on your side. Born in poverty, he joined the army to escape jail and climbed the ranks by sheer brutal courage. He knows no other family than the regiment of the 95th Rifles whose green jacket he proudly wears. |
Imprint Name: | HarperCollins |
Publisher Name: | HarperCollins Publishers |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2011-09-15 |