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Sharpe's escape Spain and Portugal, 1810

Sharpe<U+2019>s job as Captain of the Light Company is under threat and he has made a new enemy, a Portuguese criminal known as Ferragus. Discarded by his regiment, Sharpe wages a private war against Ferragus <U+2013> a war fought through the burning, pillaged streets of Coimbra, Portugal<U+2019>s a...

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Main Author: Cornwell, Bernard
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : HarperCollins, 2004.
Series:Cornwell, Bernard. Richard Sharpe series ; 10.
Subjects:
Sharpe, Richard (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 > Fiction.
Peninsular War, 1807-1814 > Fiction.
British > Portugal > Fiction.
Historical fiction > Portugal.
War stories > Portugal.
Great Britain > History, Military > 19th century > Fiction.
Portugal > History > Maria I, 1777-1816 > Fiction.
Spain > History > Napoleonic Conquest, 1808-1813 > Fiction.
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Summary:Sharpe<U+2019>s job as Captain of the Light Company is under threat and he has made a new enemy, a Portuguese criminal known as Ferragus. Discarded by his regiment, Sharpe wages a private war against Ferragus <U+2013> a war fought through the burning, pillaged streets of Coimbra, Portugal<U+2019>s ancient university city. Sharpe<U+2019>s Escape begins on the great, gaunt ridge of Bussaco where a joint British and Portuguese army meets the overwhelming strength of Marshall Massena<U+2019>s crack troops. It finishes at Torres Vedras where the French hopes of occupying Portugal quickly die.
Physical Description:357 p. ; cm.
ISBN:0060530472
Author Notes:Bernard Cornwell was born in London, England, on February 23, 1944, and came to the United States in 1980. He received a B.A. from the University of London in 1967.

Cornwell served as producer of the British Broadcasting Corporation from 1969-1976. After this he was head of current affairs for BBC-TV in Belfast, Northern Ireland. In 1979 he became editor of television news for Thames Television of London. Since 1980 he has been a freelance writer. he lives with his wife on Cape Cod.

Cornwell's Sharpe series, adventure stories about a British soldier set in the Peninsula War of 1808-1814, are built on the author's interest in the Duke of Wellington's army. Titles include Sharpe's Rifles, Sharpe's Revenge, Sharpe's Siege, Sharpe's Regiment, and Sharpe's Waterloo. The Last Kingdom series has ten books. Book ten, The Flame Bearer is on the bestsellers list. He has also written other works including Wildtrack, Killer's Wake, Sea Lord, Stormchild, Rebel, Copperhead, and Battle Flag. His title Death of Kings made The New York Times Best Seller List in 2012 and In 2014 his title The Pagan Lord made the list again.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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