Sharpe’s Trafalgar: The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805: Book 4 (The Sharpe Series) - Softcover

Cornwell, Bernard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007425848 ISBN 13: 9780007425846

Verlag: HarperCollins, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

Richard Sharpe, travelling home aboard the `Revenant', meets Admiral Nelson and his fleet, on what was a calm October day off Cape Trafalgar. Soldier, hero, rogue - Sharpe is the man you always want on your side. Born in poverty, he joined the army to escape jail and climbed the ranks by sheer brutal courage., He knows no other family than the regiment of the 95th Rifles whose green jacket he proudly wears.

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Críticas:

‘Sharpe and his creator are national treasures.' Sunday Telegraph

'Bernard Cornwell is a literary miracle. Year after year, hail, rain, snow, war and political upheavals fail to prevent him from producing the most entertaining and readable historical novels of his generation.' Daily Mail

'Cornwell's narration is quite masterly and supremely well-researched.' Observer

‘The best battle scenes of any writer I’ve ever read, past or present. Cornwell really makes history come alive.’ George R.R. Martin

Biografía del autor:

Bernard Cornwell was born in London, raised in Essex, and now lives mainly in the USA with his wife. In addition to the hugely successful Sharpe novels, Bernard Cornwell is the author of the Starbuck Chronicles, the Warlord trilogy, the Grail Quest series, the Alfred series and standalone battle books Azincourt and The Fort.

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• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0007425848
• ISBN 13: 9780007425846
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 384