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It is 1810, and in Napoleon's determination to conquer Portugal -- and push the British back to the sea -- he sends his largest army yet across the Spanish frontier. But between the Portuguese border and Napoleon's seemingly certain victory are twoobstacles -- a wasted land, stripped of food by Wellington's orders, and Captain Richard Sharpe.But Sharpe is in trouble. The captain of the Light Company is threatened from inside and out: First by an incompetent British officer, who by virtue of family connections is temporarily given Sharpe's command. An even greater danger is posed by two corrupt Portuguese brothers -- Major Ferreira, a high-ranking officer in the army of Portugal, and his brother, nicknamed "Ferragus" (after a legen-dary Portuguese giant), who makes no claims to respectability, preferring instead to rule by crude physical strength and pure intimidation. Together the brothers have developed a devious plot to ingratiate themselves with the French invaders who are threatening to become Portugal's new rulers.Sharpe's interference in the first stage of their plan earns the undying enmity of the brothers. Ferragus vows revenge and plots a merciless trap that seems certain to kill Sharpe and his intimates -- battle-tested ally Sergeant Harper, the Portuguese officer Jorge Vicente, and a prickly but lovely English governess. As the city of Coimbra is burned and pillaged, Sharpe and his companions plot a daring escape, ensuring that Ferragus will follow on toward Lisbon, into the jaws of a snare laid by Wellington -- the massive lines of Torres Vedras, a daring and ingenious last stand against the invaders. There, beneath the British guns, Sharpe is reunited with his shattered but grateful company, and meets his enemies in a thrilling and decisive fight.Sharpe's Escape emphatically reaffirms Bernard Cornwell's status as "perhaps the greatest writer of historical adventure novels today" (Washington Post); its climactic battle scenes and evocative re-creation of history sweep the reader off the page and into the action and drama of nineteenth-century warfare.
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British, Bussaco, Battle of, Portugal, 1810, Campaigns, Fiction, Historical Fiction, History, Military, Military History, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Peninsular War, 1807-1814, Richard Sharpe (Fictitious character), Fiction, war & military, Fiction, historical, Sharpe, richard (fictitious character), fiction, Peninsular war, 1807-1814, fiction, Portugal, fiction, Large type books, Military campaigns, Napoleonic Wars (1800-1815) fast (OCoLC)fst01032683, Fiction, historical, general, History, Protected DAISY, Bussaco, Battle of (Portugal : 1810) fast (OCoLC)fst00843028, Peninsular War (1807-1814) fast (OCoLC)fst01056924, SoldiersPlaces
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Sharpe's escape: Richard Sharpe and the Bussaco Campaign, 1810
2005, HarperCollins
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2004, HarperCollins
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