Sharpe’s Enemy: The Defence of Portugal, Christmas 1812: Book 15 (The Sharpe Series)

by Bernard Cornwell (Author)

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  2004

  $4.63

  A classic Sharpe adventure: Richard Sharpe and the Defence of Portugal, Christmas 1812 Newly promoted, Major Richard Sharpe leads his small force into the biting cold of the winter mountains. His task is to rescue a group of well-born women held hostage by a rabble of deserters. And one of the renegades is Sergeant Hakeswill, Sharpe's most implacable enemy. But the rescue is the least of Sharpe's problems. He must face a far greater threat. With only the support of his own company and the new Rocket Troop - the last word in military incompetence - to back his gamble, Sharpe cannot afford even to recognize the prospect of defeat. For to surrender - or to fail - would mean the end of the war for the Allied armies...The Complete Sharpe Collection

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  Paperback
  2008

  $4.95

  Bold, professional, ruthless -- hero and man of action Sharpe had once been told: 'A Soldier is a man who fights for people who cannot fight for themselves. Behind Sharpe, in the Gateway of God, were women who could not fight for themselves.Sharpe would go back. The unstoppable Sharpe has been made Major by order of King George, but with promotion comes deadly responsibility. Heading the newly formed Rocket Troop has its own challenges - the rockets are neither safe nor accurate.On top of this Sharpe must rescue a group of vulnerable innocents - women being held for the pleasure of a band of British deserters. Their leader is Sharpe's bitter enemy, the malevolent Sergeant Hawkswill.Sharpe has very serious reasons for wanting Hawkswill to die a painful death, but he must put them aside and concentrate--the lives of thousands of Allied soldiers depend on it. The Complete Sharpe Collection