Sharpe’s Fury: Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Barrosa, March 1811 (Richard Sharpe’s Adventure Series #11)

Author: Bernard Cornwell

Richard Sharpe, the former private in His Majesty’s army who now commands a company of riflemen, finds himself fighting his old enemies, the French, in 1811.,Sharpe has been sent by Wellington on a mission to Cadiz, now the capital of Spain, to rescue the British ambassador — who happens to be Wellington’s brother — from a spot of undiplomatic trouble. The city has been b….Read More

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