Sharpe’s Gold: The Destruction of Almeida, August 1810

Sharpe’s Gold: The Destruction of Almeida, August 1810
Bernard Cornwell

Captain Sharpe’s task is to recover from a feared guerilla leader the gold Wellington so desperately needs.The enemy he faces strikes terror into the hearts of all around –a renegade guerilla band whose leader has a particular loathing for Sharpe who has stolen his woman.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

GOLD

Richard Sharpe and the Destruction of

Almeida, August 1810

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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First published in Great Britain by Collins 1981

Copyright © Rifleman Productions Ltd 1981

Bernard Cornwell asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

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Praise (#u0c1b55c5-a5ab-5360-a24e-9c8bea443023)

‘The insubordinate, sarcastic and oversexed Sharpe returns … Cornwell delivers the usual mix of strategy and strength – classic battle scenes and plenty of fisticuffs’

Daily Mirror

Dedication (#u0c1b55c5-a5ab-5360-a24e-9c8bea443023)

This book is for

Andrew Gardner

with much gratitude

Epigraph (#u0c1b55c5-a5ab-5360-a24e-9c8bea443023)

For a soldier I listed, to grow great in fame.

And be shot at for sixpence a day.

CHARLES DIBDIN 1745 – 1814

Table of Contents

Title Page (#u6516f620-dcc7-50ad-8163-546acb19a4df)

Copyright (#ucd7ddf99-2005-51d4-a30c-4e5b9bb1735f)

Praise (#u9e96fae0-b641-523b-9667-19b19cd0430b)

Dedication (#u3764d22e-7d02-5915-9c08-6fa0492631ad)

Epigraph (#u83747957-d0fd-5261-bfda-294bf26a4e40)

Map (#ue5b3790a-fabe-5a1d-ae43-7ed56a0cd39a)

Chapter One (#u90e625fa-e6c0-5052-a689-aa5ab904626a)

Chapter Two (#u4bd99c5b-9569-54e4-a8f4-909092e4e7a1)

Chapter Three (#u48416ccd-2b56-5ad3-85d1-c91daef75b71)

Chapter Four (#u03358028-43d2-59b2-ae4c-4e6cf1cea7b3)

Chapter Five (#u0573d28d-e22e-5a80-b1a7-7251d7e67070)

Chapter Six (#u522c4fb8-d2aa-5ba7-b5cc-e651147fb638)

Chapter Seven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eight (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nine (#litres_trial_promo)