Sharpe's eagle Richard Sharpe and the Talavera Campaign, July 1809
At Talavera in July of 1809, Captain Richard Sharpe, bold, professional, and ruthless, prepares to lead his men against the armies of Napoleon into what will be the bloodiest battle of the war. Sharpe has earned his captaincy, but there are others, such as the foppish Lieutenant Gibbons and his uncl...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Signet,
2004, c1981.
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| Series: | Cornwell, Bernard. Richard Sharpe series ;
8. |
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| 003 | OCoLC | ||
| 005 | 20240509114400.0 | ||
| 008 | 040803t20041981nyu 000 1 eng d | ||
| 020 | |a 0451212576 (pbk.) | ||
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| 100 | 1 | |a Cornwell, Bernard. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Sharpe's eagle : |b Richard Sharpe and the Talavera Campaign, July 1809 / |c Bernard Cornwell. |
| 260 | |a New York : |b Signet, |c 2004, c1981. | ||
| 300 | |a 280 p. ; |c 18 cm. | ||
| 490 | 1 | |a The Sharpe novels ; |v [8] | |
| 520 | 0 | |a At Talavera in July of 1809, Captain Richard Sharpe, bold, professional, and ruthless, prepares to lead his men against the armies of Napoleon into what will be the bloodiest battle of the war. Sharpe has earned his captaincy, but there are others, such as the foppish Lieutenant Gibbons and his uncle, Colonel Henry Simmerson, who have bought their commissions despite their incompetence. After their cowardly loss of the regiment's colors, their resentment toward the upstart Sharpe turns to treachery, and Sharpe must battle his way through sword fights and bloody warfare to redeem the honor of his regiment by capturing the most valued prize in the French Army<U+2014>a golden Imperial Eagle, the standard touched by the hand of Napoleon himself. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Peninsular War, 1807-1814 |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Sharpe, Richard (Fictitious character) |v Fiction. | |
| 800 | 1 | |a Cornwell, Bernard. |t Richard Sharpe series ; |v 8. | |
| 994 | |a X0 |b PCB | ||
| 949 | |a CCL |b CadFIC |c F Cornwell |d i |e 39241502683928 |f 278076 |g loc |i Paperback Format |j 09/17/2004 | ||
| 999 | |a 231334 | ||
