Sharpe’s Trafalgar: The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805

Sharpe’s Trafalgar: The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805
Bernard Cornwell

Richard Sharpe, travelling home aboard the ‘Revenant’, meets Admiral Nelson and his fleet, on what was a calm October day off Cape Trafalgar.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

TRAFALGAR

Richard Sharpe and the Battle

of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805

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 HarperCollinsPublishers 2000

Copyright © Bernard Cornwell 2000

Map © Ken Lewis

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

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Sharpe’s Trafalgar is for Wanda Pan, Anne Knowles, Janet Eastham, Elinor and Rosemary Davenhill, and Maureen Shettle

‘Amid the thunder of cannon and the crack of the lash, Sharpe faces all kinds of perils – but always survives another day. Another rollicking instalment for Cornwell’s Sharpe fans’

The Times

Table of Contents

Title Page (#uc0ea196f-5c5d-5a6e-a2f8-7d956e7b108f)

Copyright (#ufafb73a6-acaf-53c2-b65c-72fe47050781)

Dedication (#u7c4e6534-4ff9-580f-af49-44347643016d)

Epigraph (#u784368e9-7f9a-5575-95d5-2ad3a6be09fe)

Map (#u7f85e800-ab11-5699-b4be-c183d332bb1b)

Chapter One (#uaafc3066-c3ce-5a73-9e92-6e3d626eb571)

Chapter Two (#u471c175b-edff-5d8d-8a4b-eff3fd4698df)

Chapter Three (#ud61d5de9-f0d4-5af0-8a51-a4d27a7ee7a1)

Chapter Four (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Five (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Six (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eight (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nine (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Ten (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eleven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twelve (#litres_trial_promo)

Keep Reading (#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)