New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell returns to the early years of the nineteenth century, capturing the bravery, battles, and bloodshed of Britain's peninsular wars with this epic tale featuring his iconic hero Richard Sharpe.
Outsider.
Hero.
Rogue.
If any man can do the impossible it's Richard Sharpe.
And the impossible is exactly what the formidable Captain Sharpe is asked to do when he's sent on an undercover mission to a small village in the Spanish countryside, far behind enemy lines.
For the quiet, remote village, sitting high above the Almaraz bridge, is about to become the center of a battle for the future of Europe. Two French armies march towards the bridge, one from the North and one from the South. If they meet, the British are lost.
Only Sharpe's small group of menwith their cunning and courage to rely onstand in their way. But they're rapidly outnumbered, enemies are hiding in plain sight, and as the French edge ever closer to the frontline, time is running out. . . .
Outsider.
Hero.
Rogue.
If any man can do the impossible it's Richard Sharpe.
And the impossible is exactly what the formidable Captain Sharpe is asked to do when he's sent on an undercover mission to a small village in the Spanish countryside, far behind enemy lines.
For the quiet, remote village, sitting high above the Almaraz bridge, is about to become the center of a battle for the future of Europe. Two French armies march towards the bridge, one from the North and one from the South. If they meet, the British are lost.
Only Sharpe's small group of menwith their cunning and courage to rely onstand in their way. But they're rapidly outnumbered, enemies are hiding in plain sight, and as the French edge ever closer to the frontline, time is running out. . . .
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Praise for Bernard Cornwell:
'Sharpe and his creator are national treasures' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
'Strong narrative, vigourous action and striking characterisation, Cornwell remains king of the territory he has staked out as his own' SUNDAY TIMES
'Like Game of Thrones, but real' OBSERVER
'Blood, divided loyalties and thundering battles' THE TIMES
'The best battle scenes of any writer I've ever read, past or present. Cornwell really makes history come alive' George R.R. Martin
'He's called a master storyteller. Really he's cleverer than that' TELEGRAPH
'Nobody in the world does this better than Cornwell' LEE CHILD
'Cornwell's skill [is] in ageing his warrior-hero, who now creaks as he fights and is haunted by those he has loved and lost' THE TIMES
'The master still adding to his wonderful Saxon Chronicles' SUNDAY TIMES MAGAZINE
'Legendary ... excellent storytelling, as ever' SUNDAY SPORT
'A violent, absorbing historical saga, deeply researched and thoroughly imagined' WASHINGTON POST
'Sharpe and his creator are national treasures' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
'Strong narrative, vigourous action and striking characterisation, Cornwell remains king of the territory he has staked out as his own' SUNDAY TIMES
'Like Game of Thrones, but real' OBSERVER
'Blood, divided loyalties and thundering battles' THE TIMES
'The best battle scenes of any writer I've ever read, past or present. Cornwell really makes history come alive' George R.R. Martin
'He's called a master storyteller. Really he's cleverer than that' TELEGRAPH
'Nobody in the world does this better than Cornwell' LEE CHILD
'Cornwell's skill [is] in ageing his warrior-hero, who now creaks as he fights and is haunted by those he has loved and lost' THE TIMES
'The master still adding to his wonderful Saxon Chronicles' SUNDAY TIMES MAGAZINE
'Legendary ... excellent storytelling, as ever' SUNDAY SPORT
'A violent, absorbing historical saga, deeply researched and thoroughly imagined' WASHINGTON POST