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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
Fabric Type: 9780060561550
Legal Disclaimer: 0060561556
Maximum Color Depth: HarperCollins
Metal Type: HarperCollins
Publisher: 1
Region Code: 368
Total External Bays Free: May 01, 2006
Total Firewire Ports: HarperCollins
Total Parallel Ports: April 25, 2006
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Product Description:
Only two obstacles stand between Napoleon's mighty army and its seemingly certain conquest of Portugal: a land wasted and stripped of food at Wellington's orders . . . and Captain Richard Sharpe. But perils from within and without threaten the bold captain of the Light Company -- the hatred and incompetence of a superior officer, the vicious treachery of a false ally . . . and the overwhelming numbers of a fierce, determined enemy, combining to make Sharpe's escape a near impossibility.
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I'm sort of glad I waited to begin this series until it was virtually complete, since they're written out of order by their internal chronology. It's mid-1810 now, and Wellington has finally gotten a grip on the French attempts to sew up Portugal and thereby deny access to the entire coastline of Europe. He's backing slowly down the coast and destroying crops, food stores, grazing animals, windmills, and anything else that might be of use to the enemy. When he gets to the big ridge at Bussaco, he ... Read More
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I envy all those who read the Richard Sharpe novels in the chronological order of the events contained in them rather than the order in which they were published. For these newer readers, Sharpe's Escape contains all of the best features of the earlier (in chronology) nine novels: an easy-to-despise implacable foe (Ferragus), a slimy traitor (Captain Ferreira), a spectacular battle (Bussaco) where all could be lost if Sharpe doesn't take the right action (a whispered aside to Colonel Lawford), Sharpe ... Read More
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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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