- Richard Sharpe (Fictitious character), Military History, Peninsular War, 1807-1814 in fiction, Fiction
As Napoleon threatens to crush Britain on the battlefield, Lt. Col. Richard Sharpe leads a ragtag army to exact personal revenge against a French general known for his acts of terror.
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- Author
- Bernard Cornwell
- First published
- 1995
- Pages
- 379
- Publisher
- BCA, Blackstone Audiobooks, Tandem Library
- Editions
- 27
- Language
- und, English
- ISBN
- 9780060176778
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- Richard Sharpe (Fictitious character)
- Military History
- Peninsular War, 1807-1814 in fiction
- Fiction
- Historical Fiction
- Great Britain in fiction
- Peninsular War, 1807-1814
- Peninsular War, 1800-1814
- Sharpe, Richard (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- Spanischer Unabhängigkeitskrieg
- Belletristische Darstellung
- Sharpe, richard (fictitious character), fiction
“Sharpe swore. Then, in desperation, he turned the map upside down.”
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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