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Sharpe's Command
The Sharpe Series (Related to this series)
- Author
- Bernard Cornwell
- Narrator
- Rupert Farley
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 10 October 2023
- Run Time
- 9 hours 18 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
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What to expect
SHARPE IS BACK.
The brand new novel from Bernard Cornwell in the global bestselling Sharpe series.
If any man can do the impossible it's Richard Sharpe . . .
And the impossible is exactly what the formidable Major Sharpe is asked to do when he's dispatched on an undercover mission behind enemy lines, deep in the Spanish countryside.
For a remote village is about to become the centre of a battle for the future of Europe. Sitting high above the Almaraz bridge, it is the last link between two French armies, one in the north and one in the south; if they meet, the British are doomed.
Only Sharpe's small group of men – with their cunning and courage to rely on – stand in their way. But they're rapidly outnumbered, enemies are hiding in plain sight, and time is running out . . .
SHARPE’S COMMAND is the brand new novel in the bestselling historical series that has sold over 20 million copies worldwide.
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READERS LOVE SHARPE'S COMMAND:
‘Bernard is a great storyteller and historian’ – reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Once again this is a page turner. Loved it!’ – reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘What a fantastic book . . . another great adventure for Richard Sharpe’ – reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Sharpe alongside Patrick, Teresa and Hogan up to their necks in French men and Spanish treachery’ – reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Sharpe is back, bashing Napoleon’s lot in the mountains of Spain . . . classic Sharpe!’ – reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Critics Review
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Praise for Bernard Cornwell:
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‘Sharpe and his creator are national treasures' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
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'Strong narrative, vigourous action and striking characterisation, Cornwell remains king of the territory he has staked out as his own' SUNDAY TIMES
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‘Like Game of Thrones, but real’ OBSERVER
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'Blood, divided loyalties and thundering battles' THE TIMES
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‘The best battle scenes of any writer I’ve ever read, past or present. Cornwell really makes history come alive’ George R.R. Martin
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‘He’s called a master storyteller. Really he’s cleverer than that’ TELEGRAPH
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‘Nobody in the world does this better than Cornwell’ LEE CHILD
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‘Cornwell’s skill [is] in ageing his warrior-hero, who now creaks as he fights and is haunted by those he has loved and lost’ THE TIMES
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‘The master still adding to his wonderful Saxon Chronicles’ SUNDAY TIMES MAGAZINE
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‘Legendary … excellent storytelling, as ever’ SUNDAY SPORT
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'A violent, absorbing historical saga, deeply researched and thoroughly imagined' WASHINGTON POST
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Details
- Author
- Bernard Cornwell
- Narrator
- Rupert Farley
- Duration
- 9 hours 18 minutes
- Release Date
- 10 October 2023
- ISBN
- 9780008496975
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Historical adventure fiction, War, combat and military adventure fiction, Napoleonic War fiction
Synopsis
SHARPE IS BACK. The brand new novel from Bernard Cornwell in the global bestselling Sharpe series. If any man can do the impossible it's Richard Sharpe . . . And the impossible is exactly what the formidable Major Sharpe is asked to do when he's dispatched on an undercover mission behind enemy lines, deep in the Spanish countryside. For a remote village is about to become the centre of a battle for the future of Europe. Sitting high above the Almaraz bridge, it is the last link between two French armies, one in the north and one in the south; if they meet, the British are doomed. Only Sharpe's small group of men – with their cunning and courage to rely on – stand in their way. But they're rapidly outnumbered, enemies are hiding in plain sight, and time is running out . . . SHARPE’S COMMAND is the brand new novel in the bestselling historical series that has sold over 20 million copies worldwide. __________________________________________ READERS LOVE SHARPE'S COMMAND: ‘Bernard is a great storyteller and historian’ – reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Once again this is a page turner. Loved it!’ – reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘What a fantastic book . . . another great adventure for Richard Sharpe’ – reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Sharpe alongside Patrick, Teresa and Hogan up to their necks in French men and Spanish treachery’ – reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Sharpe is back, bashing Napoleon’s lot in the mountains of Spain . . . classic Sharpe!’ – reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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