Bibliograph

Sharpe's escape, Richard Sharpe and the Bussaco Campaign, 1811, Bernard Cornwell

Type

Label

Sharpe's escape, Richard Sharpe and the Bussaco Campaign, 1811, Bernard Cornwell

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Sharpe's escape

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Bernard Cornwell

Series statement

Sharpe series, bk. 10

Sub title

Richard Sharpe and the Bussaco Campaign, 1811

Summary

Richard Sharpe, with enemies on every side, survives Marshall Massena's attack and ends at the lines of Torres Vedras. Sharpe's job as Captain of the Light Company is under threat and he has made a new enemy, a Portuguese criminal known as Ferragus. Discarded by his regiment, Sharpe wages a private war against Ferragus - a war fought through the burning, pillaged streets of Coimbra, Portugal's ancient university city. Sharpe's Escape begins on the great, gaunt ridge of Bussaco where a joint British and Portuguese army meets the overwhelming strength of Marshall Massena's crack troops. It finishes at Torres Vedras where the French hopes of occupying Portugal quickly die. 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

Target audience

adult

Classification