Sharpes Escape, Bernard Cornwell
Sharpes Escape, Bernard Cornwell
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Sharpe's Escape
The Bussaco Campaign, 1810

Author: Bernard Cornwell

Series: Sharpe #10

Narrator: Rupert Farley

Unabridged: 14 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 03/22/2022

Synopsis

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.

About Bernard Cornwell

Bernard Cornwell is the author of over fifty novels, including the acclaimed New York Times bestselling Saxon Tales, which serve as the basis for the hit Netflix series The Last Kingdom. He lives with his wife on Cape Cod and in Charleston, South Carolina.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Diamond on July 09, 2021

This is an other great book in the Sharp ceries. This takes place in Portugal in a battle betwene England and France. There is also a quite interesting murder plot against our hero Richard Sharp.......more

Goodreads review by Metodi on October 29, 2024

Review on English, followed by the Bulgarian one. Ревюто на английски е първо, следва това на български. Sharpe is in trouble again. In addition to embroiling in enmity with the huge and ruthless Portuguese bandit Ferragus, he also has problems in his regiment. His captaincy has not yet been officially......more

Goodreads review by Clemens on October 01, 2021

Read this book in 2005, and my very first book that started my collection, and this tale is the 10th volume of this amazing "Richard Sharpe" series. This tale is set in the summer of the year AD 1810 during the Peninsular War. At first, the now Captain Sharpe and his company of redcoats and riflemen w......more

Goodreads review by Benghis on November 01, 2022

This is a classic solid Sharpe book that's just an almost perfect distillation of the essence of the series. Big set piece battle? check Loathsome evil villain who's in Sharpe's way? check Incompetent British officer causing Sharpe headaches? check A damsel in distress? check Returning friends/allies? ch......more

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