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Series
Richard Sharpe volume 23
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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"If any man can do the impossible it's Richard Sharpe...and the impossible is exactly what the formidable Captain Sharpe is asked to do when he's sent on an undercover mission to a small village in the Spanish countryside, far behind enemy lines. For the quiet, remote village, sitting high above the Almaraz bridge, is about to become the centre of a battle for the future of Europe. Two French armies march towards the bridge, one from the North and...
Author
Series
Starbuck chronicles volume 4
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
4) Copperhead
Author
Series
Starbuck chronicles volume 2
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
c1994
Language
English
8) Rebel
Author
Series
Starbuck chronicles volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
1993
Language
English
Author
Series
Language
English
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Here is one of those rare novels that completely transports the reader to an unforgettable time and place in history.
At Talavera in July of 1809, Captain Richard Sharpe, bold, professional, and ruthless, prepares to lead his men against the armies of Napoleon in what will be the bloodiest battle of the war. Sharpe has earned his captaincy, but there are others, such as the foppish Lieutenant Gibbons and his uncle, Colonel Henry Simmerson,
...16) 1356: a novel
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English
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The rascally Thomas of Hookton, aka Le Batard, and his band of not-so-merry mercenaries are bidden by the Earl of Northhampton to unearth the lost sword of Saint Peter in this recreation of the Battle of the Poitiers in 1356 wherein a severely outnumbered English army defeats the French and captures the Poiters and French King John II.