Sharpe's Devil: Napoleon and South America, 1820-1821Harper Collins, 2009 M10 13 - 336 páginas From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, another exciting adventure in the world-renowned Sharpe series, chronicling the rise of Richard Sharpe, a Private in His Majesty’s Army at the siege of Seringapatam. Five years after the Battle of Waterloo, Sharpe’s peaceful retirement in Normandy is shattered. An old friend, Don Blas Vivar, is missing in Chile, reported dead at rebel hands – a report his wife refuses to believe. She appeals to Sharpe to find out the truth. Sharpe, along with Patrick Harper, find themselves bound for Chile via St. Helena, where they have a fateful meeting with the fallen Emperor Napoleon. Convinced that they are on their way to collect a corpse, neither man can imagine that dangers that await them in Chile… |
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... Ardiles , had bridled at the instruction , but had restrained his protest , while the other Spaniards , all of them army officers , had equably agreed to address His Majesty as majestically as he demanded . Now , as His Majesty finished ...
... Ardiles , who took extraordinary precau- tions to avoid meeting his own passengers . Ardiles ate his meals alone , and was said to appear on deck only when the weather was appalling or during the darkest night watches when his ...
... Ardiles , look- ing as malignant as a bishop caught in a whorehouse , stared sourly out of the window to where a rumble of ominous thunder cannoned about the black mountains . Harper rolled a billiard ball slowly down the table's length ...
... Ardiles . The Emperor , when all sixteen visitors had found some- where to stand , sat in a delicate gilt chair . The room was evidently a drawing room , and was full of pretty furniture , but it was also as damp as the hallway and ...
... Ardiles , asked by the Emperor how long he had been a seaman , answered as curtly as possible . Clearly the lure of seeing the exiled tyrant had overcome Ardiles's dis- taste for the company of his passengers , but he was at pains not ...
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Sección 9 | 215 |
Sección 10 | 239 |
Sección 11 | 262 |
Sección 12 | 285 |
Sección 13 | 313 |
Sección 14 | 321 |
Sección 15 | 325 |