Sharpe 3-Book Collection 4: Sharpe’s Escape, Sharpe’s Fury, Sharpe’s Battle

Sharpe 3-Book Collection 4: Sharpe’s Escape, Sharpe’s Fury, Sharpe’s Battle
Bernard Cornwell

Three classic Richard Sharpe adventuresRichard Sharpe and the Bussaco Campaign, 1811It is 1810 and the French are making yet another attempt to invade Portugal. Facing them is a wasted land, stripped of food by Wellington’s orders, and Captain Richard Sharpe.Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Barrosa, March 1811In the winter of 1811, the war seems lost. Spain has fallen to the French, except for Cadiz, now the Spanish capital and itself under siege. Inside the city walls an intricate diplomatic dance is taking place and Richard Sharpe faces more than one enemy.Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro , May 1811Richard Sharpe and his men, quartered in a crumbling Portuguese fort, are attacked by an elite French unit, led by an old enemy of Sharpe’s, and suffer heavy losses.

Bernard Cornwell

Collected Edition:

Sharpe’s Escape,

Sharpe’s Fury and

Sharpe’s Battle

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Source ISBNs:

Sharpe’s Escape: 9780007338658

Sharpe’s Fury: 9780007338665

Sharpe’s Battle: 9780007339525

Ebook Edition © DECEMBER 2011 ISBN: 9780007454693

Version: 2018-05-22

Contents

Cover Page (#uac479ecd-1f92-5bbf-8f46-4fd220222f63)

Title Page (#u96908bda-9511-5d28-84b0-f719f09b1cf5)

Copyright (#u444178ec-75ba-5cd8-a9f1-1d68fd9c3d03)

Sharpe’s Escape (#u8abd027a-2c3e-5963-822d-175e389f4bec)

Sharpe’s Fury (#litres_trial_promo)

Sharpe’s Battle (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Author (#litres_trial_promo)

Also by Bernard Cornwell (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)

BERNARD CORNWELL

Sharpe’s Escape

Richard Sharpe

and the Bussaco Campaign,

1811

Dedication (#ulink_c7cc6085-c768-5647-9d16-c57812e403fa)

Sharpe’s Escape is for CeCe

Contents

Title Page (#u8abd027a-2c3e-5963-822d-175e389f4bec)

Dedication (#ulink_27813b85-b77a-5f33-8d33-71bdc6dc60c2)

Map (#ulink_25e38305-3960-5de6-a201-ebd7b2b74844)

Part One (#u25a36f40-627b-5751-b35b-33b18a474e3e)

Chapter 1 (#ua0a73084-51ab-5cbd-8319-ece81c2eabbc)

Chapter 2 (#ub47311dc-6e96-540e-b98b-8a19ebb94ff9)

Chapter 3 (#u3e4495f7-6a4f-5fa9-9e1f-8ece5fc5b0e1)

Chapter 4 (#u149e1b5c-5a61-53bf-8073-c8312829ae02)

Chapter 5 (#u7e91b63f-17c5-5fca-bb7d-2763b9fc480c)

Part Two - Coimbra (#ud1d966cf-39f1-5638-a565-fc1496762e7f)