Sharpe’s Havoc: The Northern Portugal Campaign, Spring 1809

Sharpe’s Havoc: The Northern Portugal Campaign, Spring 1809
Bernard Cornwell

A small British army is stranded when the French invade northern Portugal and Lieutenant Richard Sharpe meets the future Duke of Wellington.Sharpe is stranded behind enemy lines, but he has Patrick Harper, his riflemen and he has the assistance of a young, idealistic Portuguese officer.When he is joined by the future Duke of Wellington they immediately mount a counter-attack and Sharpe, having been the hunted, becomes the hunter once more. Amidst the wreckage of a defeated army, in the storm lashed hills of the Portuguese frontier, Sharpe takes his revenge.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

HAVOC

Richard Sharpe and the campaign in northern Portugal, Spring 1809

BERNARD CORNWELL

Copyright

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Table of Contents

Title Page (#ue47a09c8-4f1b-55e4-8974-c5c415796b10)

Copyright (#u0b57174a-94ba-5e19-9937-9c1f48bacbca)

Dedication (#u4539d9e6-6156-5d1f-bb7f-ee36c6b82a17)

Epigraph (#uf56b5660-5175-563e-a332-f798e3e61ae9)

Map (#uc0a37bdd-0e00-5cf2-be1c-a21fdf8e711d)

Chapter One (#u21d1cbe2-a4dd-5466-b397-fd499a3a9053)

Chapter Two (#u2cc2738f-e223-5f2f-9b8c-2d0c15f5e7b2)

Chapter Three (#uf166502d-2a79-5828-a7fd-56777e6d3025)

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Chapter Nine (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Ten (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eleven (#litres_trial_promo)

Historical Note (#litres_trial_promo)

Sharpe’s Story (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Author (#litres_trial_promo)

The SHARPE Series (in chronological order) (#litres_trial_promo)

The SHARPE Series (in order of publication) (#litres_trial_promo)

Also by Bernard Cornwell (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER ONE

Miss Savage was missing.