Sharpe's Escape: The Bussaco Campaign, 1810
- SKU: 9780060561550
- Category: Adventure, Snag Books Bestselling Titles
From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the tenth installment in the world-renowned Sharpe series, chronicling the rise of Richard Sharpe, a Private in His Majesty's Army at the siege of Seringapatam.
Sharpe's job as Captain of the Light Company is under threat and he has made a new enemy, a Portuguese criminal known as Ferragus. Discarded by his regiment, Sharpe wages a private war against Ferragus - a war fought through the burning, pillaged streets of Coimbra, Portugal's ancient university city.
Sharpe's Escape begins on the great, gaunt ridge of Bussaco where a joint British and Portuguese army meets the overwhelming strength of Marshall Massena's crack troops. It finishes at Torres Vedras where the French hopes of occupying Portugal quickly die.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Bernard Cornwell
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Published: 03/19/2013
ISBN: 9780060561550
Pages: 357
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.38w x 0.89d
From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the tenth installment in the world-renowned Sharpe series, chronicling the rise of Richard Sharpe, a Private in His Majesty's Army at the siege of Seringapatam.
Sharpe's job as Captain of the Light Company is under threat and he has made a new enemy, a Portuguese criminal known as Ferragus. Discarded by his regiment, Sharpe wages a private war against Ferragus - a war fought through the burning, pillaged streets of Coimbra, Portugal's ancient university city.
Sharpe's Escape begins on the great, gaunt ridge of Bussaco where a joint British and Portuguese army meets the overwhelming strength of Marshall Massena's crack troops. It finishes at Torres Vedras where the French hopes of occupying Portugal quickly die.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Bernard Cornwell
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Published: 03/19/2013
ISBN: 9780060561550
Pages: 357
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.38w x 0.89d
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