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Trapped with his back to the sea, Major Richard Sharpe and a handful of men must stand against a battalion of French troops.
Winter, 1814 â?? The invasion of France is under way, and the British Navy has called upon the services of Major Richard Sharpe. Sharpe's mission seemed simple: capture a small unguarded French coastal fort, cripple Napoleon's supply lines, and retreat across the sea. But behind the lines, Sharpe's old enemy, Pierre Ducos, awaits Sharpe's arrival with a battalion of French soldiers and a vicious commanding general who keeps the scalps of his dead enemies as trophies.
Outmaneuvered by Ducos' treachery and abandoned by his own navy, Sharpe has only two choices: to escape with the aid of the charming, unscrupulous American mercenary, Cornelius Killick, or die.… (meer)
Un complot polÃtico corrupto amenaza con acabar con el regimiento de South Essex y con la vida del mayor Richard Sharpe cuando investiga y descubre una red de reclutamiento ilegal que vende soldados como ganado a otras divisiones.
Wellington's in southern France by now, and Sharpe's battalion is a major part of a combined operation to aid in the crossing of the Ardour. This late in the war, there's a lot of competition in the search for honors and glory. So, a lot of conniving has to be met with some clever manoeuvering. A considerable American influence leads to the final outcome. Fun. ( )
It was a fast read, as most of them are. The story is not in my favourite category. It could be the characters such as the pompous naval commander or it might have been the plot itself. To me it was another...Richard Sharpe in an impossible situation and wiggles out...novel. I want more at this point I suppose. ( )
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
Sharpe's Siege is dedicated to Brenym McNight, Terry Farrand, Bryan Thorniley, Diana Colbert, Ray Steele, and Stuart Wilkie; with thanks
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
It was ten days short of Candalmas, 1814, and an Atlantic wind carried shivers of cold rain that slapped on narrow cobbled alleys, split from the broken gutters of tangled roofs, and pitted the water of St. Â Jean de Luz's inner harbour.
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
He wept. Â He wept because a friend had died, and he wept with joy because Jane lived. Â He wept because at last it was over ; a battle that should never have been fought, but a battle that, through stubbornness, pride, and an American enemy's promise, had come to both this victory on a tiver's edge and to this vast relief. Â It was over; Sharpe's siege.
Trapped with his back to the sea, Major Richard Sharpe and a handful of men must stand against a battalion of French troops.
Winter, 1814 â?? The invasion of France is under way, and the British Navy has called upon the services of Major Richard Sharpe. Sharpe's mission seemed simple: capture a small unguarded French coastal fort, cripple Napoleon's supply lines, and retreat across the sea. But behind the lines, Sharpe's old enemy, Pierre Ducos, awaits Sharpe's arrival with a battalion of French soldiers and a vicious commanding general who keeps the scalps of his dead enemies as trophies.
Outmaneuvered by Ducos' treachery and abandoned by his own navy, Sharpe has only two choices: to escape with the aid of the charming, unscrupulous American mercenary, Cornelius Killick, or die.
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