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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... Patrick Harper and was Sharpe's companion on this voyage , had expressed the exact same sentiment at dawn when , as their ship crept on a small wind to the island's anchorage , the first light had revealed the unappealing landscape ...
... Patrick Harper proudly thumped his chest , thus setting off a seismic quiver of his belly . " It isn't the eating , " Sharpe said . " It's the beer . " " Stout can't make you fat ! " Patrick Harper was deeply offended . He had been ...
... Patrick Harper clambered onto an animal that looked only half his own size , yet which somehow sustained his weight . An English Major , a choleric - looking man mounted on a black mare , led the way out of the small town and onto the ...
... Patrick Harper . ' The Emperor smiled . " Your very substantial friend ? " " When he was my Regimental Sergeant Major he was somewhat less substantial , but just as impressive . " Sharpe could feel his right leg twitching with fear ...
Contenido
Sección 9 | 215 |
Sección 10 | 239 |
Sección 11 | 262 |
Sección 12 | 285 |
Sección 13 | 313 |
Sección 14 | 321 |
Sección 15 | 325 |