Sharpe's Company
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.
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.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780451213426 (0451213424)
Publish date: August 3rd 2004
Publisher: Signet
Pages no: 286
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Adult,
War,
Military,
19th Century,
Action,
Spain
Series: Sharpe Books 8 (#13)
Starts with Sharpe at Ciudad Rodrigo, which the English need to get through to Badajoz.In between, he loses his captaincy of the South Essex regiment to a someone who bought the title, making him bitter about the situation.Added to the mix, his old enemy Sergeant Hakeswill is also attached to the co...
These books are quickly becoming another one of my obsessions, probably at the same level as Aubrey Maturin Series by O'Brien. Cornwell writes action WELL and what more important to me he writes characters well too. I think Sharpe is a great character, Cornwell somehow managed to make him a brillian...