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Sharpe's gold : Richard Sharpe and the Destruction of Almeida, August 1810

In order to finance the Duke of Wellington's next campaign against Napoleon and his forces, Richard Sharpe undertakes to steal a fortune in gold and must outwit both Spanish guerrillas and the French in the treacherous terrain of the Portuguese hills.

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  • "In order to finance the Duke of Wellington's next campaign against Napoleon and his forces, Richard Sharpe undertakes to steal a fortune in gold and must outwit both Spanish guerrillas and the French in the treacherous terrain of the Portuguese hills."@en
  • "Wellington's army is on the verge of collapse. Their only hope lies in a cache of gold hidden in the Portuguese mountains, and the only person capable of stealing it is Captain Richard Sharpe."@en
  • "Only a year after its stunning victory at Talavera in July of 1809, Wellington's Peninsular army, vastly outnumbered, its coffers empty is on the brink of collapse. The Spanish government has fallen, the last Spanish armies have been crushed by the French, and all that is left are the peasants fighting the guerrilla, the "little war." But Wellington has one hope left. He knows that in the dangerous Portuguese hills lies a fortune in gold, enough gold perhaps to turn the Peninsular War around. And he knows of one fighting man capable of stealing it: Captain Richard Sharpe of the South Essex Regiment."
  • "With Wellington out numbered, the bankrupt army's only hope of avoiding, collapse is a hidden cache of Portuguese gold. Only Captain Richard Sharpe is capable of stealing it, and it means turning against his own men."
  • "With Wellington out numbered, the bankrupt army's only hope of avoiding, collapse is a hidden cache of Portuguese gold. Only Captain Richard Sharpe is capable of stealing it, and it means turning against his own men."@en
  • "Richard Sharpe's secret mission pits him against the French under Napoleon and also against the guerilla leader El Catolico."
  • "A year after the victory at Talavera, Wellington's army, outnumbered and bankrupt, is on the verge of collapse. It's only hope lies in a cache of gold hidden in the Portuguese mountains, and the only man capable of stealing it is Captain Richard Sharpe--even if it means turning against his own side."

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  • "Historical fiction"
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  • "Military history"
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  • "Sharpe's gold Richard Sharpe and the destruction of Almeida, August 1810"
  • "Sharpe's cold"
  • "Sharpe's gold : Richard Sharpe and the destruction of Almeida, August 1910"
  • "Sharpe's gold : Richard Sharpe and the destruction of Almeida, august 1810"
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  • "Sharpe's gold Richard Sharpe and the destruction of Almedia, August 1810"
  • "Sharpe's gold : Richard Sharpe an the destruction of Almeida, august 1810"
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