- Fiction, Richard Sharpe (Fictitious character), Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815, Military History
Bernard Corwell, author of Sharpe's Company, Sharpe's Seige, and Sharpe's Revenge, continues the saga of Lt. Col. Richard Sharpe in this, his final adventure. Just as he comes face-to-face with his estranged wife and her lover at a grand society ball, news comes that the British-Prussian link is under attack. In the Battle of Waterloo, Sharpe once again plays a pivotal role in the outcome of a great British triumph.
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- earnestironic
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- Author
- Bernard Cornwell
- First published
- 1990
- Pages
- 384
- Publisher
- Penguin USA, Inc., Ted Smart, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
- Editions
- 21
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9780006178767
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- Fiction
- Richard Sharpe (Fictitious character)
- Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815
- Military History
- Historical Fiction
- Fiction, historical, general
- Fiction, action & adventure
- English literature
- Sharpe, richard (fictitious character), fiction
- Napoleonic wars, 1800-1815, fiction
- Fiction, war & military
“It was dawn on the northern frontier of France: a border marked only by a shallow stream which ran between the stunted trunks of pollarded willows.”
Bernard Cornwell (born February 23, 1944) is an English author of historical novels, known for his meticulous research and engaging storytelling. Born in London, England, to a Canadian airman father and a mother in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, he was adopted by a family in Essex belonging to the Peculiar People sect. Cornwell attended London University and worked as a teacher before joining the BBC, where he spent a decade, eventually becoming Head of Current Affairs in Northern Ireland. Bernard Cornwell is renowned for his long-running series of novels, including the *Sharpe* series about Napoleonic Wars rifleman Richard Sharpe, the *Saxon Stories* (also known as *The Last Kingdom* seri
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