Sharpe's Battle [electronic resource] : The Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro, May 1811
Cornwell, Bernard2010
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*SHARPE'S STORM, the brand new novel in the global bestselling series, is available to pre-order now* Spain, May 1811 As the British struggle to keep their last strongholds in Spain, Captain Richard Sharpe is handed a grenade of a command – ordered to train the Spanish palace guards for battle. But when the crumbling frontier fort where they are based becomes the target for the elite French attack, Sharpe is confronted by an old enemy. After a desperate fight, the British are badly beaten and bruised – and so is Sharpe's fragile reputation. The only hope of redemption is glory in one of the fiercest battles of the whole war. And so leading his men through the blood-stained, narrow streets of Fuentes de Oñoro is Sharpe . . . 'A master storyteller' DAILY TELEGRAPH
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Author:
Cornwell, Bernard, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : HarperCollins Publishers, 2010
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Series:
Sharpe
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Reading grade level: 6
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Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Bernard Cornwell was born in London, raised in Essex and worked for the BBC for eleven years before meeting Judy, his American wife. Denied an American work permit he wrote a novel instead and has been writing ever since. He and Judy divide their time between Cape Cod and Charleston, South Carolina.
ISBN:
9780007339525
Language:
English
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BRN:
2755754
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