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PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100060530464
ISBN-139780060530464
eBay Product ID (ePID)2392530
Product Key Features
Book TitleSharpe's Havoc : Richard Sharpe and the Campaign in Northern Portugal, Spring 1809
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2003
TopicWar & Military, Historical
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorBernard Cornwell
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight21.4 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2002-191284
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal823/.914
SynopsisNew York Times Bestselling Author Newly Reissued Richard Sharpe returns to the battlefields of the Iberian Peninsula, where he and his men bravely fight the French invasion into Portugal in 1809. The world-renowned Sharpe series is now available with gorgeous packaging for a new generation of readers A few years after Richard Sharpe's heroic exploits on the battlefields of Trafalgar, Sharpe finds himself once again in Portugal, fighting the savage armies of Napoleon Bonaparte, as they try to bring the whole of the Iberian Peninsula under their control. Travelling with a small British contingent, Sharpe is on the lookout for Kate Savage, the daughter of an English wine shipper, who has gone missing a few months before. But just as he follows the first leads to the missing girl, the French onslaught on Portugal begins and the city of Oporto becomes a bloody scene of carnage and disaster as it falls into the hands of the enemy., Bestselling historical novelist Bernard Cornwell returns to the battlefields of the Iberian Peninsula with Sharpe's Havoc , where the lieutenant and his men bravely fight the French invasion into Portugal. It is 1809, a few years after Lieutenant Richard Sharpe's heroic exploits on the battlefields of India and at Trafalgar, and Sharpe finds himself fighting the savage armies of Napoleon Bonaparte as they try to bring the whole of the Iberian Peninsula under their control. Napoleon is advancing fast in northern Portugal, and no one knows whether the small contingent of British troops stationed in Lisbon will stay to fight or sail back to England. Sharpe, however, does not have a choice: He and his squad of riflemen are on the lookout for the missing daughter of an English wine shipper, when the French onslaught begins and the city of Oporto becomes a setting for carnage and disaster. Stranded behind enemy lines, Sharpe returns to his mission to find Kate Savage. Sharpe's position on enemy grounds is precarious, and his search is further complicated by a mysterious and threatening Englishman, Colonel Christopher, who has his own ideas on how the French can be driven from Portugal. Christopher's scheme is dangerous, and Sharpe and his Riflemen are the only obstacles standing in his way. Suddenly, a newly arrived British commander in Lisbon, Sir Arthur Wellesley, unknowingly comes to Sharpe's rescue. Just when Sharpe and his men seem doomed, Sir Arthur mounts his own counterattack, an operation of breathtaking daring that will send Marshal Soult's army reeling back into the northern mountains. Sharpe's Havoc is a classic Sharpe story, based on real history, and a return to Portugal in the company of Sergeant Patrick Harper, Captain Hogan, and Sharpe's beloved Green-jackets, who can turn a battle as fast as Cornwell's readers can turn a page.
LC Classification NumberPR6053.O75S533 2003
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- 20. Jan. 2016
Historical Fiction at its best.
Bernard Cornwell weaves another exciting story about Sharpe into an event at a crucial period of the battle between Napoleon and the rest of Europe.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 19. Aug. 2017
Good book. Good price. Fast service. I'm happy. I recommend.
Good book. Good price. Fast service. I'm happy. I recommend.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
