Book description
Three classic Richard Sharpe adventures.
Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805
Ensign Richard Sharpe is on his way home from India. He is sailing with
the Royal Navy, who are hunting a formidable French warship, the
'Revenant', carrying a secret treaty that may prove lethal to the British.
Richard Sharpe and the Expedition to Copenhagen, 1807
Lieutenant Richard Sharpe, newly returned to England, is offered a new
job: go to Copenhagen, help deliver a bribe, and stop a war. To him, it
seems easy. But the bribe is to stop the Danes allowing the French to
possess their battle fleet, big enough to replace every warship lost at Trafalgar.
Richard Sharpe and the French Invasion of Galicia, January 1809
Britains's forces are retreating towards Corunna during a bitter
winter, with Napoleon's victorious armies in pursuit. Lieutenant Richard
Sharpe and a detachment of Riflemen are cut off from the rest of the
army and surrounded. 'Sharpe and his creator are national treasures.'
Sunday Telegraph
'Bernard Cornwell is a literary miracle. Year after year, hail, rain,
snow, war and political upheavals fail to prevent him from producing the
most entertaining and readable historical novels of his generation.'
Daily Mail
'Cornwell's narration is quite masterly and supremely well-researched.' Observer
'The best battle scenes of any writer I've ever read, past or present.
Cornwell really makes history come alive.' George R. R. Martin Bernard
Cornwell was born in London, raised in Essex, and now lives mainly in
the USA with his wife. In addition to the hugely successful Sharpe
novels, Bernard Cornwell is the author of the Starbuck Chronicles, the
Warlord trilogy, the Grail Quest series, the Alfred series and
standalone battle books Azincourt and The Fort.
