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Sharpe's escape : Richard Sharpe and the Bussaco Campaign 1811[ie 1810]

The year is 1810, and the British Army is struggling against the confident French, who are assailing Portugal once again. As British soldiers cross into Spain, they find a hunger-ridden, depleted land. In the middle of the chaos is Captain of the Light Company, Richard Sharpe, who has found a new nemesis in Ferragus, a duplicitous Portuguese man well-connected with the French invaders. However, the battle between the two men takes a more dangerous turn, when Sharpe, no longer with his regiment, takes some unorthodox routes to prosecute his personal battle. With only his ex-colleague, the reliable Sergeant Harper and a Portuguese ally, Jorge Vicente, to help confront myriad enemies, the Sharpe/Ferragus duel is fought through the ruined streets of Coimbra and on to Lisbon, as Wellington mounts a coup de grace against the French.

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  • "Richard Sharpe and the Bussaco Campaign, 1810"

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  • "The year is 1810, and the British Army is struggling against the confident French, who are assailing Portugal once again. As British soldiers cross into Spain, they find a hunger-ridden, depleted land. In the middle of the chaos is Captain of the Light Company, Richard Sharpe, who has found a new nemesis in Ferragus, a duplicitous Portuguese man well-connected with the French invaders. However, the battle between the two men takes a more dangerous turn, when Sharpe, no longer with his regiment, takes some unorthodox routes to prosecute his personal battle. With only his ex-colleague, the reliable Sergeant Harper and a Portuguese ally, Jorge Vicente, to help confront myriad enemies, the Sharpe/Ferragus duel is fought through the ruined streets of Coimbra and on to Lisbon, as Wellington mounts a coup de grace against the French."@en
  • "At the height of the 1810 battle of Bussaco, Captain Richard Sharpe finds himself separated from his company and lured into a trap from which he must escape in order to rejoin the conflict and stop French invaders at Lisbon."@en
  • "Richard Sharpe and the bussaco Campaign, 1810."
  • "It is 1810, and in Napoleon's determination to conquer Portugal'and push the British back to the sea'he sends his largest army yet across the Spanish frontier. But between the Portuguese border and Napoleon's seemingly certain victory are twoobstacles'a wasted land, stripped of food by Wellington's orders, and Captain Richard Sharpe. But Sharpe is in trouble. The captain of the Light Company is threatened from inside and out: First by an incompetent British officer, who by virtue of family connections is temporarily given Sharpe's command. An even greater danger is posed by two corrupt Portuguese brothers'Major Ferreira, a high-ranking officer in the army of Portugal, and his brother, nicknamed "Ferragus" (after a legen-dary Portuguese giant), who makes no claims to respectability, preferring instead to rule by crude physical strength and pure intimidation. Together the brothers have developed a devious plot to ingratiate themselves with the French invaders who are threatening to become Portugal's new rulers. Sharpe's interference in the first stage of their plan earns the undying enmity of the brothers. Ferragus vows revenge and plots a merciless trap that seems certain to kill Sharpe and his intimates'battle-tested ally Sergeant Harper, the Portuguese officer Jorge Vicente, and a prickly but lovely English governess. As the city of Coimbra is burned and pillaged, Sharpe and his companions plot a daring escape, ensuring that Ferragus will follow on toward Lisbon, into the jaws of a snare laid by Wellington'the massive lines of Torres Vedras, a daring and ingenious last stand against the invaders. There, beneath the British guns, Sharpe is reunited with his shattered but grateful company, and meets his enemies in a thrilling and decisive fight. Sharpe's Escape emphatically reaffirms Bernard Cornwell's status as "perhaps the greatest writer of historical adventure novels today" (Washington Post); its climactic battle scenes and evocative re-creation of history sweep the reader off the page and into the action and drama of nineteenth-century warfare."@en
  • "Hauptbeschreibung 1810. In den Hügeln von Buçaco trifft das 50.000 Mann starke portugiesisch-britische Heer auf den Feind Frankreich. Mittendrin: Richard Sharpe. Die drohende Invasion Portugals ist allerdings nicht dessen einzige Sorge. Während die Schlacht von Buçaco ihren blutigen Lauf nimmt, zwingt ein portugiesischer Schurke Sharpe zu einem wahnwitzigen Duell - und nur der Sieger wird überleben."
  • "1810. In den Hügeln von Buçaco trifft das 50.000 Mann starke portugiesisch-britische Heer auf den Feind Frankreich. Mittendrin: Richard Sharpe. Die drohende Invasion Portugals ist allerdings nicht dessen einzige Sorge. Während die Schlacht von Buçaco ihren blutigen Lauf nimmt, zwingt ein portugiesischer Schurke Sharpe zu einem wahnwitzigen Duell - und nur der Sieger wird überleben."
  • "In the year 1810 Napoleon is determined to conquer Portugal. But Captain Richard Sharpe leads the French directly into the Duke of Wellington's devastating defenses at Torres Vedras, where one of the great battles of the Napoleonic wars erupts."
  • "Captain Richard Sharpe's latest military encounter finds him battling Napoleon's army in Spain and Portugal in 1810."@en
  • "Captain Richard Sharpe's latest military encounter finds him battling Napoleon's army in Spain and Portugal in 1810."
  • "It is 1810, and in Napoleon's determination to conquer Portugal?and push the British back to the sea?he sends his largest army yet across the Spanish frontier. But between the Portuguese border and Napoleon's seemingly certain victory are twoobstacles?a wasted land, stripped of food by Wellington's orders, and Captain Richard Sharpe.But Sharpe is in trouble. The captain of the Light Company is threatened from inside and out: First by an incompetent British officer, who by virtue of family connections is temporarily given Sharpe's command. An even greater danger is posed by two corrupt Portuguese brothers?Major Ferreira, a high-ranking officer in the army of Portugal, and his brother, nicknamed "Ferragus" (after a legen-dary Portuguese giant), who makes no claims to respectability, preferring instead to rule by crude physical strength and pure intimidation. Together the brothers have developed a devious plot to ingratiate themselves with the French invaders who are threatening to become Portugal's new rulers.Sharpe's interference in the first stage of their plan earns the undying enmity of the brothers. Ferragus vows revenge and plots a merciless trap that seems certain to kill Sharpe and his intimates?battle-tested ally Sergeant Harper, the Portuguese officer Jorge Vicente, and a prickly but lovely English governess. As the city of Coimbra is burned and pillaged, Sharpe and his companions plot a daring escape, ensuring that Ferragus will follow on toward Lisbon, into the jaws of a snare laid by Wellington?the massive lines of Torres Vedras, a daring and ingenious last stand against the invaders. There, beneath the British guns, Sharpe is reunited with his shattered but grateful company, and meets his enemies in a thrilling and decisive fight.Sharpe's Escape emphatically reaffirms Bernard Cornwell's status as "perhaps the greatest writer of historical adventure novels today" (Washington Post); its climactic battle scenes and evocative re-creation of history sweep the reader off the page and into the action and drama of nineteenth-century warfare."@en

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  • "Anglické romány"
  • "Military history"@en
  • "Military history"
  • "Online-Publikation"
  • "Historische Romane und Erzählungen"
  • "Historical novels"
  • "English fiction"
  • "Historické romány"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Audiobooks, Fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "War stories"@en
  • "War stories"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Large type books"
  • "History"@en

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  • "Sharpes Flucht Richard Sharpe und der Bussaco-Feldzug, 1811"
  • "Sharpe's escape : Richard Sharpe and the Bussaco Campaign 1811[ie 1810]"@en
  • "Sharpe's escape, fury, battle"@en
  • "Sharpe's Escape"@en
  • "Sharpe's Escape"
  • "Sharpe's escape Richard Sharpe and the Bussaco Campaign, 1810"@en
  • "Sharpe's escape Book 20"@en
  • "Sharpe's escape : Richard Sharpe and the Bussaco Campaign, 1811"@en
  • "Sharpe's escape : Richard Sharpe and the Bussaco Campaign, 1811"
  • "Sharpe's escape : Richard Sharpe and the Bussaco Campaign, 1810"
  • "Sharpe's escape : Richard Sharpe and the Bussaco Campaign, 1810"@en
  • "La Fuga de Sharpe : Richard Sharpe y la campaña de Bussaco, 1810"
  • "Sharpe's escape : Richard Sharpe and the Bussaco campaign, 1810"
  • "Sharpe's escape : Richard Sharpe and the Bussaco Campaign 1810"@en
  • "Sharpe's escape : Richard Sharpe and the Bussaco Campaign 1810"
  • "Sharpes escape : Richard Sharpe and the Bussaco campaign, 1810"
  • "Sharpův únik : Richard Sharpe v bitvě u Bussaka, září 1810"
  • "Sharpes Flucht"
  • "Sharpe's escape"
  • "Sharpe's escape"@en
  • "SHARPE'S ESCAPE"
  • "La fuga de Sharpe : Richard Sharpe y la campaña de Bussaco, 1810"@es
  • "Sharpe's escape / the adventure continues"

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