Sharpe's havoc : Richard Sharpe and the campaign in northern Portugal, spring 1809
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Richard Sharpe novels volume 7
Published
Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, [2003].
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Central - Adult Large Type
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New York Times Bestselling AuthorNewly ReissuedRichard Sharpe returns to the battlefields of the Iberian Peninsula, where he and his men bravely fight the French invasion into Portugal in 1809. The world-renowned Sharpe series is now available with gorgeous packaging for a new generation of readers
A few years after Richard Sharpe’s heroic exploits on the battlefields of Trafalgar, Sharpe finds himself once again in Portugal, fighting the savage armies of Napoleon Bonaparte, as they try to bring the whole of the Iberian Peninsula under their control. Travelling with a small British contingent, Sharpe is on the lookout for Kate Savage, the daughter of an English wine shipper, who has gone missing a few months before. But just as he follows the first leads to the missing girl, the French onslaught on Portugal begins and the city of Oporto becomes a bloody scene of carnage and disaster as it falls into the hands of the enemy.
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Published
Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, [2003].
Format
Large Type
Physical Desc
549 pages (large print) : map ; 23 cm
Language
English
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It is 1809, a few years after Lieutenant Richard Sharpe's heroic exploits on the battlefields of India and at Trafalgar, and Sharpe finds himself fighting the savage armies of Napoleon Bonaparte as they try to bring the whole of the Iberian Peninsula under their control. Napoleon is advancing fast in northern Portugal, and no one knows whether the small contingent of British troops stationed in Lisbon will stay to fight or sail back to England. Sharpe, however, does not have a choice: He and his squad of riflemen are on the lookout for the missing daughter of an English wine shipper, when the French onslaught begins and the city of Oporto becomes a setting for carnage and disaster. Stranded behind enemy lines, Sharpe returns to his mission to find Kate Savage. Sharpe's position on enemy grounds is precarious, and his search is further complicated by a mysterious and threatening Englishman, Colonel Christopher, who has his own ideas on how the French can be driven from Portugal.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Cornwell, B. (2003). Sharpe's havoc: Richard Sharpe and the campaign in northern Portugal, spring 1809 . Thorndike Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cornwell, Bernard. 2003. Sharpe's Havoc: Richard Sharpe and the Campaign in Northern Portugal, Spring 1809. Waterville, Me.: Thorndike Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cornwell, Bernard. Sharpe's Havoc: Richard Sharpe and the Campaign in Northern Portugal, Spring 1809 Waterville, Me.: Thorndike Press, 2003.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Cornwell, B. (2003). Sharpe's havoc: richard sharpe and the campaign in northern portugal, spring 1809. Waterville, Me.: Thorndike Press.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Cornwell, Bernard. Sharpe's Havoc: Richard Sharpe and the Campaign in Northern Portugal, Spring 1809 Thorndike Press, 2003.
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