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Binding: Hardcover
Format: Bargain Price
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: February 29, 2004
Sales Rank: 830613
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Product Description:
The twentieth instalment in the bestselling Sharpe series. Sharpe's Escape takes place in the summer of 1810, once again in the Peninsular War. The French are mounting their third and most dangerous invasion of Portugal. Captain Richard Sharpe with his company of redcoats and riflemen meets the invaders on the gaunt ridge of Bussaco. But there, despite a stunning British victory, the French are not stopped and the army have to fall back. Sharpe has made enemies among the Portuguese and during the retreat through Coimbra, he and Sergeant Harper are lured into a trap designed to kill them. With the help of an Englishwoman, Sharpe survives, but is cut off from the army. He has to rejoin his regiment if the command is not to fall to the ambitious Lieutenant Slinbsby. At the Lines of Torres Vedras, the vast defences built to stop the French before Lisbon, Sharpe confronts his enemies in a climactic battle.
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This is a worthy addition to the Sharpe canon. Ripping battle scenes, a nasty villain, and interesting plot complications. My only quibble(and it probably only bugs me) is that I wish the Adverb Police would visit Mr. Cornwell. He has a character say something"briskly" not once, not twice, but three times, all within the space of 2 pages. Surely the proof reader should catch that. But that is really a minor annoyance in a very enjoyable read.
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Great read, engrossing and thrilling. You will always be wanting to pick up the next one.
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I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The action was great and it just was a book that was difficult to put down. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys military history.
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With Napoleon facing no other opposition in Europe and having put 300,000 French troops in Iberia, the Brits and the Portuguese are beleaguered and falling back. Marshal Massena pushes forward, planning to take Lisbon soon. He needs to: Wellington has scorched the Portuguese earth and the invaders are hungry.
Massena meets unexpectedly stiff resistance at the ridge of Bussaco before his soldiers plunder Coimbra and his army turns south.
There, in an amazing feat of both ... Read More
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Another classic Sharpe. Like other Sharpe books, this one is a very easy-reading and entertaining book.
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