Sharpe’s Gold

Author: Bernard Cornwell

With Wellington outnumbered, the bankrupt army’s only hope of avoiding, collapse is a hidden cache of Portuguese gold.  Only Captain Richard Sharpe is capable of stealing it—and it means turning against his own men…..Read More

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