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From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the eleventh installment in the world-renowned Sharpe series, chronicling the rise of Richard Sharpe, a Private in His Majesty's Army at the siege of Seringapatam. In the winter of 1811, the war seems lost. Spain has fallen to the French, except for Cadiz, now the Spanish capital and itself under siege. Inside the city walls an intricate diplomatic dance is taking place and Richard Sharpe faces...
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Sharpe volume Book 4
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The year is 1805, and the Calliope, with Richard Sharpe aboard, is captured by a formidable French warship, the Revenant, which has been terrorizing British nautical traffic in the Indian Ocean. The French warship races toward the safety of its own fleet, carrying a stolen treaty that could provoke India into a new war against the British -- and render for naught all that Sharpe has bravely fought for till now. But help comes from an unexpected quarter....
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Sharpe volume Book 7
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The latest book in the brilliant, bestselling Sharpe series brings Sharpe to Portugal, and reunites him with Harper. It is 1809 and Lieutenant Sharpe, who belongs to a small British army that has a precarious foothold in Portugal, is sent to look for Kate Savage, the daughter of an English wine shipper. But before he can discover the missing girl, the French onslaught on Portugal begins and the city of Oporto falls. Sharpe is stranded behind enemy...
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From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the first exciting adventure in the world-renowned Sharpe series, chronicling the rise of Richard Sharpe, a Private in His Majesty's Army at the siege of Seringapatam.
"The greatest writer of historical adventures today."
—Washington Post
Richard Sharpe. Soldier, hero,
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New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell returns with his iconic hero, Richard Sharpe.
SHARPE IS BACK.
Outsider.
Hero.
Rogue.
And the one man you want on your side.
Sharpe's Assassin is the brand-new novel in the bestselling historical series that has sold more than twenty million copies worldwide.
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It is 1810, and in Napoleon's determination to conquer Portugal -- and push the British back to the sea -- he sends his largest army yet across the Spanish frontier. But between the Portuguese border and Napoleon's seemingly certain victory are two obstacles -- a wasted land, stripped of food by Wellington's orders, and Captain Richard Sharpe. But Sharpe is in trouble. The captain of the Light Company is threatened from inside and out: First by an...
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Sharpe and Donovan novel volume Book 8
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The murder of a federal prosecutor with an art forgery in his hotel room draws FBI agents Emma Sharpe and Colin Donovan and HIT, their small, elite Boston-based team, into a high-stakes hunt for an assassin who has killed before and will kill again. The high-stakes hunt draws on Emma's expertise in art crimes and her past as a novice with a convent specializing in art conservation, on Colin's experience as a deep-cover agent, and on the strengths...
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Sharpe and Donovan novel volume Book 9
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A deadly poisoning, a stolen painting and a criminal mastermind challenge the skills of FBI agents Emma Sharpe and Colin Donovan as never before in their latest high-stakes case. New York Times bestselling author Carla Neggers has crafted a gripping novel of international intrigue and suspense not to be missed.
Emma Sharpe is recovering from a shattering loss while her husband, Colin Donovan, is deep into his latest undercover mission. So they're...
9) Saint's gate
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Sharpe and Donovan novel volume Book 1
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When Emma Sharpe is summoned to a convent on the Maine coast, it's partly for her art crimes work with the FBI, partly because of her past with the religious order. At issue is a mysterious painting depicting scenes of Irish lore and Viking legends, and her family's connection to the work. But when the nun who contacted her is murdered, it seems legend is becoming deadly reality
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Critically acclaimed, perennial New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell (Agincourt, The Fort, the Saxon Tales) makes real history come alive in his breathtaking historical fiction. Cornwell has brilliantly captured the fury, chaos, and excitement of battle as few writers have ever done-perhaps most vividly in his phenomenally popular novels following the illustrious military career of British Army officer Richard Sharpe during the late...
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From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the second installment in the world-renowned Sharpe series, chronicling the rise of Richard Sharpe, a Private in His Majesty's Army at the siege of Seringapatam. 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,...
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From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the tenth installment in the world-renowned Sharpe series, chronicling the rise of Richard Sharpe, a Private in His Majesty's Army at the siege of Seringapatam. Sharpe's job as Captain of the Light Company is under threat and he has made a new enemy, a Portuguese criminal known as Ferragus. Discarded by his regiment, Sharpe wages a private war against Ferragus - a war fought through the burning,...
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From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the twelfth installment in the world-renowned Sharpe series, chronicling the rise of Richard Sharpe, a Private in His Majesty's Army at the siege of Seringapatam. Quartered in a crumbling Portuguese fort, Richard Sharpe and his men are attacked by an elite French unit, led by an old enemy of Sharpe's, and suffer heavy losses.
The army's high command blame Sharpe for the disaster and his military...
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Critically acclaimed, perennial New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell (Agincourt, The Fort, the Saxon Tales) makes real history come alive in his breathtaking historical fiction.
Cornwell has brilliantly captured the fury, chaos, and excitement of battle as few writers have ever done-perhaps most vividly in his phenomenally popular novels following the illustrious military career of British Army officer Richard Sharpe during the late...
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From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, another exciting adventure in the world-renowned Sharpe series, chronicling the rise of Richard Sharpe, a Private in His Majesty's Army at the siege of Seringapatam. 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...
16) Thief's mark
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Sharpe and Donovan novel volume Book 7
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As a young boy, Oliver York witnessed the murder of his wealthy parents in their London apartment. The killers kidnapped him and held him in an isolated Scottish ruin, but he escaped, thwarting their plans for ransom. Now, after thirty years on the run, one of the two men Oliver identified as his tormentors may have surfaced. Emma Sharpe and Colin Donovan are enjoying the final day of their Irish honeymoon when a break-in at the home of Emma's grandfather,...
17) Sharpes Trophäe
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Spanien, Juli 1809. Die französischen Truppen ziehen mit einer besonderen Standarte nach Talavera: einem prächtig vergoldeten Adler, Symbol ihrer militärischen Triumphe. Sie hüten ihn wie einen Schatz, denn sein Verlust wäre ein herber Schlag für ihre Kampfmoral. Nur einer von Frankreichs Feinden könnte es wagen, diese Trophäe zu stehlen: Richard Sharpe. Und den reizt nichts mehr als eine scheinbar unlösbare Aufgabe ...
18) Sharpes Mörder
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1815. Der Staub der Schlacht von Waterloo hat sich noch nicht gelegt, noch sind nicht alle Opfer begraben. Lieutenant-Colonel Sharpe und seinen tapferen Riflemen ist dennoch keine Ruhepause vergönnt. Der Duke of Wellington hat erfahren, dass nach dem Untergang Napoleons und seiner Armee bereits ein anderer Feind lauert - eine geheime Bruderschaft fanatischer Revolutionäre, die wild entschlossen sind, Rache zu nehmen. Er schickt Sharpe auf ein neues...
19) Sharpe's Prey
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Critically acclaimed, perennial New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell (Agincourt, The Fort, the Saxon Tales) makes real history come alive in his breathtaking historical fiction. Cornwell has brilliantly captured the fury, chaos, and excitement of battle as few writers have ever done-perhaps most vividly in his phenomenally popular novels following the illustrious military career of British Army officer Richard Sharpe during the late...
20) Sharpes Rivalen
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Spanien, Januar 1812. Für Richard Sharpe ist es der schlimmste Winter seines Lebens. Er verliert zu Unrecht das Kommando über seine Schützen. Ihm bleibt nur eine Chance, dieses zurückzuerobern: Er muss die Attacke auf die unbezwingbare Festung von Badajoz anführen. Ein Himmelfahrtskommando. Zu allem Überfluss taucht auch noch Sharpes Nemesis auf, Sergeant Hakeswill, den Mann, den man nicht töten kann - und Sharpe hat es bereits oft genug versucht...
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