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Sharpe's Eagle: The Talavera Campaign, July 1809 - The Sharpe Series Book 8 (Paperback)
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Sharpe's Eagle: The Talavera Campaign, July 1809 - The Sharpe Series Book 8 (Paperback)

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Paperback 336 Pages / Published: 15/09/2011
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The newly promoted Captain Richard Sharpe clashes with an incompetent colonel, leads his men in the battle of Talavera and earns himself a dangerous enemy.

As Sharpe leads his men in to battle, he knows he must fight for the honour of the regiment and his future career.

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.

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780007425891
Number of pages: 336
Weight: 230 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 21 mm

MEDIA REVIEWS

'Sharpe and his creator are national treasures.' Sunday Telegraph

'Bernard Cornwell is a literary miracle. Year after year, hail, rain, snow, war and political upheavals fail to prevent him from producing the most entertaining and readable historical novels of his generation.' Daily Mail

'Cornwell's narration is quite masterly and supremely well-researched.' Observer

'The best battle scenes of any writer I've ever read, past or present. Cornwell really makes history come alive.' George R.R. Martin

Bernard Cornwell

From the strife and division of the Dark Ages to the blood and bravery of the Napoleonic Wars, Bernard Cornwell’s has been bringing history to life since the early Eighties when he created the unlikely hero renegade-turned-officer Richard Sharpe. Whether turning his hand to the hunt for the Grail quest, Arthurian legend or feuding Saxons in his Last Kingdom series, his novels are consistently popular, making him one of Britain’s best-loved and bestselling novelists.

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“The First Sharpe ever written”

The first Sharpe book written by Bernard Cornwell (but not the first If you are reading the books chronologically like me) tells the story of Sharpe, and the Talavera Campaign in 1809. As usual with Sharpe, there is... More

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“Good”

I read a few of bernard cornwell's books after reading his first arthurian novel, winter king. Now I loved the Arthur trilogy but although I enjoyed some of his other books I stopped after the first Sharpe... More

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