Sharpe's escape

Richard Sharpe and the Bussaco Campaign, 1810

357 pages

English language

Published Nov. 6, 2004 by HarperCollins.

ISBN:
978-0-06-053047-1
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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 …

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Subjects

  • Sharpe, Richard (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
  • Bussaco, Battle of, Portugal, 1810 -- Fiction
  • Peninsular War, 1807-1814 -- Campaigns -- Portugal -- Fiction
  • Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Fiction
  • Great Britain -- History, Military -- 19th century -- Fiction