Book description
Three classic Richard Sharpe adventures
Richard Sharpe and the Bussaco Campaign, 1811
It is 1810 and the French are making yet another attempt to invade
Portugal. Facing them is a wasted land, stripped of food by Wellington's
orders, and Captain Richard Sharpe.
Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Barrosa, March 1811
In the winter of 1811, the war seems lost. Spain has fallen to the
French, except for Cadiz, now the Spanish capital and itself under
siege. Inside the city walls an intricate diplomatic dance is taking
place and Richard Sharpe faces more than one enemy.
Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro , May 1811
Richard Sharpe and his men, quartered in a crumbling Portuguese fort,
are attacked by an elite French unit, led by an old enemy of Sharpe's,
and suffer heavy losses. '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.
