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Loading... Sharpe's Revenge (1989)by Bernard Cornwell
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Sharp's Revenge takes place during a lull in the fighting of the Napoleonic Wars while Napoleon was in exile in Elba. Sharpe and another officer are falsely accused of stealing a large amount of the French Empires treasure. Both the English and French authorities are after Sharpe and he has to prove he didn't steal the gold. Before the story is over officials of the British, French, Naples and Vatican are after him. Meanwhile he has not heard from his wife Jane. What happens. It is a full of suspense, saying more would ruin it. ( ) It's 1814 and the British and Spanish forces have fought their way into France and assault Toulouse in one of the more bloody wars of a bloody campaign. But victory there doesn't lessen the risks Sharpe faces. Indeed, it increases them for he and his comrade Captain William Frederickson face the pernicious fussiness of British bureaucracy. And not all the French had given up thoughts of revenging themselves on a seemingly unstoppable enemy. As Sharpe chases the Frenchman who claimed he'd stolen Napoleon's gold, he finds a great wrong had been done to an honourable enemy. And the dead man's wife thought she'd had little reason to spare Sharpe when he came calling. Sharpe's own wife had also betrayed him but she was in London. This book doesn't build up to a grand finale, rather starting out that way with the sacking of Toulouse. It tends to feel it's a winding down of the series, which it is in a sort of way but Sharpe has one more battle to face - one of the best known in British history - Waterloo itself! no reviews | add a review
Belongs to SeriesSharpe's Adventures: Chronological order (20: 1814-1815) Has the adaptationHas as a reference guide/companion
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HTML: When his honor and reputation are at stake, Sharpe seeks revengeâ??at any cost. It is 1814, and the defeat of Napoleon seems imminentâ??if the well-protected city of Toulouse can be conquered. For Richard Sharpe, the battle turns out to be one of the bloodiest of the Peninsula Wars, and he must draw on his last reserves of strength to lead his troops to victory. But before Sharpe can lay down his sword, he must fight a different sort of battle. Accused of stealing Napoleon's personal treasure, Sharpe escapes from a British military court and embarks on the battle of his life, armed only with the unflinching resolve to protect his honor No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)823.914Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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