Sharpe’s Devil: Napoleon and South America, 1820–1821

Sharpe’s Devil: Napoleon and South America, 1820–1821
Bernard Cornwell

Richard Sharpe, asked to help an old friend, meets, at last, the greatest enemy.Five years after the Battle of Waterloo, Sharpe’s peaceful retirement in Normandy is shattered. An old friend, Don Blas Vivar, is missing in Chile, reported dead at rebel hands – a report his wife refuses to believe. She appeals to Sharpe to find out the truth.Sharpe, along with Patrick Harper, find themselves bound for Chile via St. Helena, where they have a fateful meeting with the fallen Emperor Napoleon. Convinced that they are on their way to collect a corpse, neither man can imagine that dangers that await them in Chile…Soldier, hero, rogue – Sharpe is the man you always want on your side. Born in poverty, he joined the army to escape jail and climbed the ranks by sheer brutal courage. He knows no other family than the regiment of the 95th Rifles whose green jacket he proudly wears.

SHARPE’S

DEVIL

Richard Sharpe and the Emperor, 1820-21

BERNARD CORNWELL

Copyright

This novel is a work of fiction. The incidents and some of the characters portrayed in it, while based on real historical events and figures, are the work of the author’s imagination.

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Copyright © Bernard Cornwell 1992

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Table of Contents

Title Page (#u9a4f5aa2-a81d-5864-976e-32388792e7b5)

Copyright (#u83c8dc04-f5ab-5e87-812f-0cc3dc01552c)

Dedication (#u61b2879d-da2a-53f9-b66d-e4169ea767ec)

Epigraph (#u86121219-471f-507b-9e21-bcdcd2f38fbe)

Map (#u8686aab9-a6aa-57de-9163-755573371976)

Prologue (#u3c0da061-2ed7-52a2-a8fc-1e7fa5b82038)

Part One: Bautista (#u413cdc4a-1f19-522f-a7be-dddbdef797ed)

Chapter One (#uee36c041-5d17-5ff6-82ad-4b8df2d31eb5)

Chapter Two (#uec70a219-b95e-534a-b63f-562e0a7b18f3)

Chapter Three (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Four (#litres_trial_promo)

Part Two: Cochrane (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Five (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Six (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eight (#litres_trial_promo)

Part Three: Vivar (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nine (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Ten (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eleven (#litres_trial_promo)

Epilogue (#litres_trial_promo)

Historical Note (#litres_trial_promo)

Sharpe’s Story (#litres_trial_promo)

Keep Reading (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Author (#litres_trial_promo)