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Author
Series
Richard Sharpe novels volume 15
Publisher
Sharpe Appreciation Society
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
63 p. ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
It is the summer of 1812 and Richard Sharpe, newly recovered from the wound he received in the fighting at Salamanca, is given an easy duty; to guard a Commissary Officer posted to an obscure Spanish fort where there are some captured French muskets to repair. But unknown to the British, the French are planning a lightning raid across the River Tormes, and they reckon the obscure Spanish fort, which guards an ancient bridge across the river, will...
Author
Series
Sharpe volume 15
Publisher
Viking Press
Pub. Date
1984
Physical Desc
351 p. : map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The tiny village of Andrados becomes an unholy battleground as rival forces fight to control the Gateway of God, an out-of-the-way pass through the mountains of western Spain.
Author
Series
Sharpe volume 9
Publisher
Viking Press
Pub. Date
1982, c1981
Physical Desc
250 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Richard Sharpe's secret mission pits him against the French under Napoleon and also against the guerilla leader El Catolico.
Author
Series
Sharpe volume 17
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
1987, c1986
Physical Desc
372 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sharpe must return from Spain to London to investigate why his supply of recruits has dried up. It's 1813, and Sharpe discovers a corrupt political enemy has diverted his recruits to sell them at auction. When he gets close to the source, the ring leaders try to kill him. Sharpe risks charges of treason to expose corruption at the highest level. The novel exposes the recruiting practices that, in fact, scandalized England and brought down prominent...
Author
Series
Richard Sharpe novels volume 6
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
1989, c1988
Physical Desc
304 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Lieutenant Richard Sharpe is charged with leading the demoralized men of the 95th Rifles to safety through the enemy-infested mountains of Spain and discovers that turning to Spanish soldier Blas Vivar for help may be a fatal mistake.
Author
Series
Richard Sharpe novels volume 12
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 16
Physical Desc
304 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Captain Richard Sharpe is given responsibility for a poorly trained and ill-equipped Irish battalion of the King of Spain. Britain's hopes of victory in Spain depend on Sharpe's ability to combat an elite French guard headed by the vengeful Brigadier General Guy Loup.
Author
Series
Richard Sharpe novels volume 8
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
1987, c1981
Physical Desc
270 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Captain Richard Sharpe prepares to lead his men against the army of Napoleon at Talavera in what will be the bloodiest battle of the war. After their cowardly loss of the regiment's colors, the men's resentment toward the upstart Sharpe turns to treachery, and Sharpe must fight to redeem the honor of his regiment.
Author
Series
Richard Sharpe novels volume 13
Publisher
Viking Press
Pub. Date
1982
Physical Desc
280 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Richard Sharpe is twice a hero in Wellington's campaign against Napoleon, and is looking forward to promotion and eager to be in the leading edge of battle.
Author
Series
Sharpe volume 16
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1985
Physical Desc
320 p. : map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The war in Spain is drawing to a close for Wellington, but in 1813 Napoleon's guileful intelligence agent conceives a devious plan to force Wellington out of Spain without a musket being fire.
Author
Series
Sharpe volume 18
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2001, c1987
Physical Desc
319 p. : maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1814 Richard Sharpe and his small force of Rifleman face overwhelming odds after being abandoned deep in French territory.
Author
Series
Sharpe volume 20
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2001, c1990
Physical Desc
378 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Lured back to the army from a rural idyll, Sharpe's career culminates in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
Author
Series
Sharpe volume 2
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
291 p. : map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sergeant Richard Sharpe, the only survivor after a bloody attack at the hands of a mercencary army in the Mahratta Confederation, vows to avenge the deaths of his friends.
Author
Series
Richard Sharpe novels volume 5
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
262 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
British regimental quartermaster--and swashbuckling hero--Richard Sharpe finds himself at odds with Captain John Lavisser, a traitor for the French, during an 1807 campaign by the British to destroy the Danish navy before the French can add it to their fleet.
Author
Series
Richard Sharpe novels volume 4
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
293 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Richard Sharpe is headed back to England when he finds himself drawn into the battle at Cape Trafalgar off the coast of Spain.
Author
Series
Richard Sharpe novels volume 1
Publisher
HarperPerennial
Pub. Date
1999, c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 21
Physical Desc
385 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
When he goes undercover in India to overthrow the Tippoo of Mysore, Richard Sharpe is forced to take up arms against his true comrades to protect his false identity.
Author
Series
Richard Sharpe novels volume 14
Publisher
Viking Press
Pub. Date
c1983
Physical Desc
319 p. : map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Richard Sharpe is involved in the war against Napoleon as the protector for the spymaster, El Mirador. He fights through a maze of secrecy and deception to save his career, his life and his sword.
Author
Series
Sharpe volume 19
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
1990
Physical Desc
348 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
British solider Richard Sharpe faces duel battles in the Peninsula Wars--one to conquer the city of Toulouse, and the other to defend his honor against the charge that he stole Napoleon's personal treasure.
Author
Series
Sharpe volume 17.5
Publisher
The Sharpe Appreciation Society
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
97 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
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Description
Sharpe's Christmas: Richard Sharpe, commanding the Prince of Wales' Own Volunteers, finds himself in a high, hard place with an enemy brigade on one side and a desperate force of Frenchmen fleeing their defeat in Spain on the other. Common sense suggests that he must avoid a fight, but it is Christmastime, and miracles are supposed to happen at the dark heart of the years, and so Sharpe makes a stand, and in doing so ends up giving the enemy an unexpected...
Author
Series
Richard Sharpe novels volume 3
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
294 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Richard Sharpe, newly promoted for his skill in assisting Sir Arthur Wellesley in the battle against the Mahratta, risks his honor, reputation, and fortune in his quest to thwart a treasonous scheme devised by his oldest nemesis Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill.
Author
Series
Richard Sharpe novels volume 7
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
306 p. : map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
It is 1809, a few years after Lieutenant Richard Sharpe's heroic exploits on the battlefields of India and at Trafalgar, and Sharpe finds himself fighting the savage armies of Napoleon Bonaparte as they try to bring the whole of the Iberian Peninsula under their control. Napoleon is advancing fast in northern Portugal, and no one knows whether the small contingent of British troops stationed in Lisbon will stay to fight or sail back to England. Sharpe,...
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