Sharpe’s Escape: The Bussaco Campaign, 1810. Bernard Cornwell

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      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 2004

      Copyright © Bernard Cornwell 2004

      Map © Ken Lewis

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

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      Source ISBN: 9780007120147

      Ebook Edition © MARCH 2012 ISBN: 9780007338658

      Version: 2017-05-06

      Sharpe’s Escape is for Cece

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      Table of Contents

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

       Epigraph

       Map

       Part One

       Chapter One

       Chapter Two

       Chapter Three

       Chapter Four

       Chapter Five

       Part Two: Coimbra

       Chapter Six

       Chapter Seven

       Chapter Eight

       Chapter Nine

       Chapter Ten

       Part Three: The Lines of Torres Vedras

       Chapter Eleven

       Chapter Twelve

       Chapter Thirteen

       Historical Note

       Sharpe’s Story

       Keep Reading

       About the Author

       The SHARPE Series (in chronological order)

       The SHARPE Series (in order of publication)

       Also by Bernard Cornwell

       About the Publisher

PART ONE

      CHAPTER ONE

      Mister Sharpe was in a bad mood. A filthy mood. He was looking for trouble in Sergeant Harper’s opinion, and Harper was rarely wrong about Captain Sharpe, and Sergeant Harper knew well enough not to engage his Captain СКАЧАТЬ