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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... waited in the oppressive , windless heat . In one of the houses just beyond the rose - bright hedge a baby cried . " More mules are being fetched . If you gentlemen will do us the honor of patience ? And accept our sincerest ...
... waited , found it hard to believe that Bonaparte would receive them . He had ridden all the way from Jamestown in the belief that this expedition would be met with a scornful refusal , but had consoled himself. SHARPE'S DEVIL 13.
... waited to see the same man in an anteroom where three buckets betrayed that the house roof leaked , and where the green baize surface of the billiard table was as scuffed and faded as the Rifleman's jacket that Sharpe had worn in ...
... waited in an awkward silence . The Spanish army officers , gorgeous in their uniforms , had taken off their bicorne hats in readiness for the imperial audience . Their boots creaked as they shifted their weight from foot to foot . A ...
... waited to row the sixteen men back to Ardiles's ship . Sharpe gazed attentively about the room , knowing that when he was back home Lucille would demand to hear a thousand details . He noted how low the ceiling was , and how the plaster ...
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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 |