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008 | 060824s2006 nyub 000 1 eng | ||
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_aCornwell, Bernard. _995117 |
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_aSharpe's fury : _bRichard Sharpe and the Battle of Barrosa, March 1811 / |
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_aNew York : _bHarperCollinsPublishers, _cc2006. |
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_a337 p. : _bmaps ; _c24 cm. |
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520 | _aIn the winter of 1811 the war seemed lost. All Spain has fallen to the French, except for Cadiz which is now the Spanish capital and is under siege. Wellington and his British army are in Portugal, waiting for spring to spark the war to life again. Richard Sharpe and his company are part of a small expeditionary force sent to break a bridge across the River Guadiana. What begins as a brilliant piece of soldiering turns into disaster, thanks to the brutal savagery of the French Colonel Vandal who is leading his battalion to join the siege of Cadiz. Sharpe extricates a handful of men from the debacle and is driven south into the threatened city. There, in Cadiz, he discovers more than one enemy. Many Spaniards doubt Britain's motives and believe their future would be brighter if they made peace with the French, and one of them. A baleful priest, secures a powerful weapon to break the British alliance. He will use a beautiful whore and the letters she received from a wealthy man. | ||
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_aSharpe, Richard (Fictitious character) _vFiction. _927967 |
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_aBarrosa, Battle of, Spain, 1811 _vFiction. _928034 |
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_aNapoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 _vFiction. _927994 |
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_aGreat Britain _xHistory, Military _y19th century _vFiction. _927971 |
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_aSpain _xHistory _yNapoleonic Conquest, 1808-1813 _vFiction. _928035 |
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_aBarrosa (C�adiz, Spain) _vFiction. _928036 |
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_aHistorical fiction. _2gsafd _928037 |
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_aWar stories. _2gsafd _93151 |
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_aFiction. _2fast _928038 |
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_aHistory. _2fast _94711 |
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_aMilitary history. _2fast _926311 |
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_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1308/2006049898-b.html |
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