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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... Lieutenant had spoken in a rush of words , but now abruptly stopped as it dawned on him that most of the sixteen travelers would not have understood a word he had spoken . The Lieutenant blushed , then turned to a tall , scarred and ...
... Lieutenant Hardacre added pathetically , as though that last detail might revive his father's image in the Rifleman's memory . The Rifleman made another grunting noise that might have been translated as sympathy , but was in fact the ...
... Lieutenant Governor , but now , in the dying days of 1820 , the house was home to fifty prisoners , ten horses and unnum- bered rats . The house was called Longwood , it lay in the very middle of the island of Saint Helena , and its ...
... Lieutenant Colonel Sharpe , " Sharpe answered , irritated by the man's tone . " Of course , sir . And a moment of your time , if you would be so very kind ? " The man , a tall and thin Major , smiled and guided Sharpe a few paces away ...
... Lieutenant Colonel Charles , but that portrait , Sharpe decided , was none of Sir Hudson Lowe's business . The Major bowed to Sharpe . " If you insist , sir . " " I do insist , Major . " The Major clearly did not believe Sharpe , but ...
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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 |