Download or read book Sharpe s Rifles written by Bernard Cornwell and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 1989 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the winter of 1809 the French are winning the war in Spain & Britain's forces are retreating towards Corunna, with Napoleon's victorious armies in pursuit. Sharpe & a detachment of Riflemen are cut off from the British army & surrounded by troops.
Download or read book Sharpe s Devil written by Bernard Cornwell and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2006 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking Richard Sharpe to St Helena and Chile, this is an adventure story in the classic tradition. Five years after the Battle of Waterloo, Sharpe's peaceful retirement in Normandy is shattered. An old friend, Don Blas Vivar, is missing in Chile, reported dead at rebel hands - a report his wife refuses to believe. She appeals to Sharpe to find out the truth. So it is that reluctant Sharpe, along with Patrick Harper, find themselves bound for Chile via St. Helena, where they have a fateful meeting with the fallen Emperor Napoleon. Convinced that they are on their way to collect a corpse, neither man can imagine that dangers that await them in Chile... 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.
Download or read book Sharpe s Eagle written by Bernard Cornwell and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-08-03 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book in Bernard Cornwell's epic Sharpe series, which completely transports the reader to an unforgettable time and place in history. At Talavera in July of 1809, Captain Richard Sharpe, bold, professional, and ruthless, prepares to lead his men against the armies of Napoleon into what will be the bloodiest battle of the war. Sharpe has earned his captaincy, but there are others, such as the foppish Lieutenant Gibbons and his uncle, Colonel Henry Simmerson, who have bought their commissions despite their incompetence. After their cowardly loss of the regiment's colors, their resentment toward the upstart Sharpe turns to treachery, and Sharpe must battle his way through sword fights and bloody warfare to redeem the honor of his regiment by capturing the most valued prize in the French Army—a golden Imperial Eagle, the standard touched by the hand of Napoleon himself.
Download or read book Sharpe s Rifles 1 written by Bernard Cornwell and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2001-02-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bernard Cornwell's action-packed series that captures the gritty texture of Napoleonic warfare--now beautifully repackaged It's 1809, and Napoleon's army is sweeping across Spain. Lieutenant Richard Sharpe is newly in command of the demoralized, distrustful men of the 95th Rifles. He must lead them to safety--and the only way of escape is a treacherous trek through the enemy-infested mountains of Spain.
Download or read book Sharpe s Company The Siege of Badajoz January to April 1812 The Sharpe Series Book 13 written by Bernard Cornwell and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2009-07-24 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *SHARPE’S COMMAND, the brand new novel in the global bestselling series, is available to pre-order now*
Download or read book Sharpe s Tiger written by Bernard Cornwell and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1997-08-22 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It was a bloody awful shot," Sharpe said. "My mother could lay a gun better than that." "I didn't think you had a mother," Private Garrard said. "Everyone's got a mother, Tom." "Not Sergeant Hakeswill," Garrard said, then spat a mix of dust and spittle. . . . "Hakeswill was spawned of the devil." Richard Sharpe—Soldier, hero, rogue—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.
Download or read book Sharpe s Triumph written by Bernard Cornwell and published by HarperTorch. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After barely surviving a murderous act of treason by a bitter English officer who has joined the mercenary forces of the Mahratta confederation, young Richard Sharpe vows to hunt down the turncoat. Reissue.
Download or read book Sharpe s Battle written by Bernard Cornwell and published by Sharpe Series. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in 1811, during some of the worst fighting of the Napoleonic Wars, Richard Sharpe is given responsibility of an Irish battalion of ceremonial troops who are poorly equipped and untrained for battle.
Download or read book Sharpe s Havoc written by Bernard Cornwell and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2004 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1809 French invasion of Northern Portugal, Sharpe and his riflemen are ordered to rescue a British woman and her daughter.
Download or read book Sharpe s Story written by Bernard Cornwell and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Destructive Formidable written by David Blackmore and published by Frontline Books. This book was released on 2014-11-30 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Looks at British infantry doctrine . . . from the British Civil Wars of the seventeenth century up to just before the American War of Independence.” —British Civil Wars Blog In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the British Army’s victories over the French at battles such as Blenheim in 1704, Minden and Quebec in 1759, and over the Jacobites at Culloden in 1746, were largely credited to its infantry’s particularly effective and deadly firepower. For the first time, David Blackmore has gone back to original drill manuals and other contemporary sources to discover the reasons behind this. This book employs an approach that starts by considering the procedures and practices of soldiers in a given period and analyzes those in order to understand how things were done and, in turn, why events unfolded as they did. In doing so, Blackmore has discovered a specifically British set of tactics, which created this effectiveness and allowed it to be maintained over such a long period, correcting many of the misconceptions about British infantry firepower in the age of the musket and linear warfare in a major new contribution to our understanding of an important period of British military history. “Essential reading for anyone interested in the British army of the 17th and 18th centuries.”—Military History Monthly
Download or read book The Grendel Affair written by Lisa Shearin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-12-31 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We’re Supernatural Protection & Investigations, known as SPI. Things that go bump in the night, the monsters you thought didn’t exist? We battle them and keep you safe. But some supernatural baddies are just too big to contain, even for us… When I moved to New York to become a world famous journalist, I never imagined that snagging a job at a seedy tabloid would change my career path from trashy reporter to undercover agent. I’m Makenna Fraser, a Seer for SPI. I can see through any disguise, shield, or spell that a paranormal pest can come up with. I track down creatures and my partner, Ian Byrne, takes them out. Our cases are generally pretty routine, but a sickle-wielding serial killer has been prowling the city’s subway tunnels. And the murderer’s not human. The fiend in question, a descendant of Grendel—yes, that Grendel—shares his ancestor’s hatred of parties, revelry, and drunkards. And with New Year’s Eve in Times Square only two days away, we need to bag him quickly. Because if we don’t find him—and the organization behind him—by midnight, our secret’s out and everyone’s time is up. FIRST IN A NEW SERIES
Download or read book Sharpe s Company written by Bernard Cornwell and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 1983 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was a hard winter. For Richard Sharpe, it was the worst he could remember. He had lost his command to a wealthy man. And from England comes his oldest enemy - the ruthless Hakeswill - utterly determined to ruin Sharpe.
Download or read book Rifles written by Mark Urban and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2008-09-04 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As part of the Light Division created to act as the advance guard of Wellington's army, the 95th Rifles are the first into battle and the last out. Fighting and thieving their way across Europe, they are clearly no ordinary troops. The 95th are in fact the first British soldiers to take aim at their targets, to take cover when being shot at, to move tactically by fire and manoeuvre. And by the end of the six-year campaign they have not only proved themselves the toughest fighters in the army, they have also - at huge personal cost - created the modern notion of the infantryman.In an exhilarating work of narrative military history, Mark Urban traces the story of the 95th Rifles, the toughest and deadliest sharpshooters of Wellington's Army.'If you like Sharpe, then this book is a must, your Christmas present solved.' Bernard Cornwell, Daily Mail'Urban writes history the way it should be written, alive and exciting.' Andy McNab
Download or read book Sharpe s Assassin written by Bernard Cornwell and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sharpe s Regiment written by Bernard Cornwell and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 1987 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Major Sharpe should be fighting the French -- but his worst enemies are in England. . . Major Richard Sharpe's men were in mortal danger -- not from the French, but from the bureaucrats of Whitehall. Unless reinforcements could be brought from England, the depleted South Essex would be disbanded, their troops scattered throughout the army. Determined not to see his regiment die, Sharpe returns to England and uncovers a nest of well-bred, high-ranking traitors, any one of whom could utterly destroy his career with a word, or a stroke of the pen. Sharpe is forced into the most desperate gamble of his life -- and not even the influence of the Prince Regent may be enough to save him. . .
Download or read book Sharpe s Rifles written by Bernard Cornwell and published by . This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the winter of 1809 the French are winning the war in Spain & Britain's forces are retreating towards Corunna, with Napoleon's victorious armies in pursuit. Sharpe & a detachment of Riflemen are cut off from the British army & surrounded by troops.
