Bibliograph

Sharpe's rifles, Richard Sharpe and the French invasion of Galicia, January 1809, Bernard Cornwell

Type

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Sharpe's rifles, Richard Sharpe and the French invasion of Galicia, January 1809, Bernard Cornwell

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Sharpe's rifles

Oclc number

17548425

Responsibility statement

Bernard Cornwell

Series statement

Sharpe's novel, 06

Sub title

Richard Sharpe and the French invasion of Galicia, January 1809

Summary

In the bitter winter of 1809, the French are winning the war in Spain. Britain's forces are retreating, being hotly pursued by Napoleon's troops. Lieutenant Richard Sharpe and his detachment of riflemen, have been cut off, and are being pursued by an Irishman called Patrick Harper. Sharpe finds an ally in a Spanish cavalry officer, Blas Vivar, and companionship in an English refugee, Louisa Parker

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