Description
Product ID: | 9780007452910 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | The Sharpe Series |
Title: | Sharpe’s Devil |
Subtitle: | Napoleon and South America, 1820–1821 |
Authors: | Author: Bernard Cornwell |
Page Count: | 336 |
Subjects: | Historical adventure fiction, Historical adventure, Napoleonic War fiction, Napoleonic War fiction, Chile, 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* Richard Sharpe, asked to help an old friend, meets, at last, the greatest enemy. *SHARPE’S COMMAND, the brand new novel in the global bestselling series, is available to pre-order now*Richard Sharpe, asked to help an old friend, meets, at last, the greatest enemy.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 to Sharpe to find out the truth.Sharpe, along with Patrick Harper, find themselves bound for Chile via St. Helena, where they have a fateful meeting with the fallen Emperor Napoleon. Convinced that they are on their way to collect a corpse, neither man can imagine that dangers that await them in Chile…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: | 2012-06-07 |