Sharpe’s Sword

by Bernard Cornwell (Author)

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  Paperback
  2008

  $4.40

  Bold, professional, ruthless -- hero and man of action This was his world now, this small saddle of land between the escarpement and the knoll,a tiny piece of grassland that was warm in the sun and pretty with flowers.There he would meet his enemy, and there he would win.Sharpe was going to war. Richard Sharpe is about to face his most violent enemy yet.Even though he is the veteran of many battles,Colonel Leroux is a man of such inventive cruelty, even Sharpe must watch his back.Sent away from the battle fields where he thrives, Sharpe is charged with the safeguarding of Britain's skilful and valued spy, El Mirador. Sharpe must face the minefield of arsitocratic Spanish society with its politics and intrigues.His guide is La Marquesa, a lady of a certain reputation.Beset by secrets,and with no-one to trust, how will Sharpe survive this dangerous assignment?

• Used

  Paperback
  2004

  $3.40

  The bitter rivalry between Sharpe and the ruthless Frenchman Colonel Leroux is brought to life against the vivid canvas of the Peninsular War. Richard Sharpe is once again at war. But this time his enemy is a single man -- the ruthless, sadistic Colonel Leroux. Sharpe's mission is to safeguard El Mirador, the spy whose network of agents is vital to the British victory. So Sharpe must enter a new world of political and military intrigue. And in the unfamiliar surroundings of aristocratic Spanish society, his only guide is the beautiful Marquesa -- a woman with her own secrets to conceal! The complete Sharpe collection