Sharpe's Fortress Richard Sharpe and the Seige of Gawilghur, December 1803

Cornwell, Bernard

ISBN 10: 0002256312 / ISBN 13: 9780002256315

Edité par Harpercollins, London, 1999

A propos de cet article

Minor shelf wear to unclipped DJ. ; First edition, first printing, 1999. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, map front endpapers by Ken Lewis. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; The Sharpe Series; 302 pages; 1803, and Sharpe is now an officer in Wellesley's army which is seeking to end the Mahratta War. Sharpe however is more worried that someone has stolen his treasure, the jewels of the Tippoo Sultan.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Sharpe's Fortress Richard Sharpe and the Seige of Gawilghur, December 1803
• Éditeur: Harpercollins, London
• Date de parution: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0002256312
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780002256315
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: First Edition; First Printing.
• État de l'article: Very Good+
• État de la jaquette: Very Good+

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Synopsis

Sharpe, just promoted to an officer, faces his toughest battle.

Sir Arthur Wellesley's army is closing on the retreating Mahrattas in western India. Marching with the British is Ensign Richard Sharpe, newly made an officer, wishing he had stayed a sergeant.

An act of treachery by Sharpe’s old enemy, Sergeant Hakeswill puts him in terrible danger, and leads him to the horror of the impregnable Gawilghur’s ravine. To regain his confidence and his authority, Sharpe will fight as he has never fought before.

Soldier, hero, rogue – Sharpe is the man you always want on your side. Born in poverty, he joined the army to escape jail and climbed the ranks by sheer brutal courage. He knows no other family than the regiment of the 95th Rifles whose green jacket he proudly wears.

À propos de l?auteur

Bernard Cornwell was born in London, raised in Essex and worked for the BBC for eleven years before meeting Judy, his American wife. Denied an American work permit he wrote a novel instead and has been writing ever since. He and Judy divide their time between Cape Cod and Charleston, South Carolina.