The global bestseller Bernard Cornwell returns with his iconic hero,Richard Sharpe.
If any man can do the impossible,it's Richard Sharpe...
Lieutenant-Colonel Sharpe is a man with a reputation. Born in the gutter,raised a foundling,he joined the army twenty-one years ago,and it's been his home ever since. He's a loose cannon,but his unconventional methods make him a valuable weapon.
So when,the dust still settling after the Battle of Waterloo,the Duke of Wellington needs a favour,he turns to Sharpe. For Wellington knows that the end of one war is only the beginning of another. Napoleon's army may be defeated,but another enemy lies waiting in the shadows - a secretive group of fanatical revolutionaries hell-bent on revenge.
Sharpe is dispatched to a new battleground: the maze of Paris streets where lines blur between friend and foe. And in search of a spy,he will have to defeat a lethal assassin determined to kill his target or die trying...
Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersISBN: 9780008184049Number of pages: 336Weight: 300 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 25 mm
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Praise for Bernard Cornwell:
'Sharpe and his creator are national treasures.'-SundayTelegraph
'Strong narrative,vigourous action and striking characterisation,Cornwell remains king of the territory he has staked out as his own.'-Sunday Times
'Like Game of Thrones,but real.'-The Observer
'Blood,divided loyalties and thundering battles.'-The Times
'The best battle scenes of any writer I've ever read,past or present. Cornwell really makes history come alive.'-George R.R. Martin
'He's called a master storyteller. Really he's cleverer than that.'- The Telegraph
'A reminder of just how good a writer he is.'-Sunday Times
'Nobody in the world does this better than Cornwell.'-Lee Child
'Cornwell's skill (is) in ageing his warrior-hero,who now creaks as he fights and is haunted by those he has loved and lost.'-The Times
'The master still adding to his wonderful Saxon Chronicles.'-Sunday Times Magazine
'Legendary...excellent storytelling,as ever.'-Sunday Sport
'A violent,absorbing historical saga,deeply researched and thoroughly imagined.'-Washington Post
Bernard Cornwell
From the strife and division of the Dark Ages to the blood and bravery of the Napoleonic Wars,Bernard Cornwell's has been bringing history to life since the early Eighties when he created the unlikely hero renegade-turned-officer Richard Sharpe. Whether turning his hand to the hunt for the Grail quest,Arthurian legend or feuding Saxons in hisLast Kingdomseries,his novels are consistently popular,making him one of Britain's best-loved and bestselling novelists.
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