A Richard Sharpe and the Destruction of Almeida, August 1810 Bold, professional and determined, Richard Sharpe embarks on a desperate mission. He must recover the treasure, vital to the success of the war, now hidden behind enemy lines. The gold is in the possession of a powerful guerrilla leader, f
Sharpe - 09 - Sharpe's Gold
β Scribed by Bernard Cornwell
- Publisher
- HarperCollins;Harper Collins
- Year
- 1986;2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 153 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0006173144
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β¦ Synopsis
A Richard Sharpe and the Destruction of Almeida, August 1810
Bold, professional and determined, Richard Sharpe embarks on a desperate mission. He must recover the treasure, vital to the success of the war, now hidden behind enemy lines. The gold is in the possession of a powerful guerrilla leader, feared by ally and enemy alike. And he has no love for Sharpe, the man who has stolen his woman.
But Sharpeβ²s fiercest battles lie with the British officers, ignorant of his deadly secret and mistrustful of his ruthless methods.
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