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Sharpe’s Revenge: The Peace of 1814

Bernard Cornwell

Sharpe’s Revenge: The Peace of 1814

Richard Sharpe triumphs in the last battle of the war, only to find himself in worse peril when charged to recover Napoleon’s treasure.It is 1814. Rumours abound that Napoleon has surrendered, been murdered, or fled. But before the French are finally defeated and Sharpe can lay down his sword, one of the bloodiest conflicts of the war must be fought: the battle for the city of Toulouse.But Sharpe’s war is not only the battle. Accused of stealing Napoleon’s treasure, Sharpe must discover the...

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Sharpe’s Siege: The Winter Campaign...

Bernard Cornwell

Sharpe’s Siege: The Winter Campaign, 1814

Richard Sharpe, abandoned in enemy territory, has to trust in assistance from a hostile American privateer.The invasion of France is under way, and the British Navy has called upon the services of Major Richard Sharpe. He and a small force of Riflemen are to capture a fortress and secure a landing on the French coast. It is to be one of the most dangerous missions of his career.Through the reckless incompetence of a naval commander, Sharpe finds himself abandoned in the heart of enemy territory,...

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Sharpe’s Fury: The Battle of Barros...

Bernard Cornwell

Sharpe’s Fury: The Battle of Barrosa, March 1811

Captain Sharpe has to protect a philandering diplomat and, deserted by his ally, faces the enemy.In the winter of 1811, the war seems lost. All Spain has fallen to the French, except for Cadiz, now the Spanish capital and itself under siege.The small British force is trapped by a French army, their only hope lies with the outnumbered redcoats who, on a hill beside the sea, refuse to admit defeat. And there, in the sweltering horror of Barrosa, Sharpe finds his old enemy Colonel Vandal once...

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Sharpe’s Rifles: The French Invasio...

Bernard Cornwell

Sharpe’s Rifles: The French Invasion of Galicia, January 1809

Lieutenant Richard Sharpe and a detachment of riflemen join the assault of a strong French force holding the Holy City of Santiago de Compostela.Cut off from the rest of the army and surrounded, their only hope of escape is to accept the help of the Spanish, but this assistance comes at a price: to join the assault on the holy city of Santiago de Compostela, held by a strong French force. There is little Sharpe would enjoy more.Soldier, hero, rogue – Sharpe is the man you always want on your...

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Sharpe’s Battle: The Battle of Fuen...

Bernard Cornwell

Sharpe’s Battle: The Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro, May 1811

Richard Sharpe is fighting for his Irish battalion and his own honour through the blood-stained streets of the town.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 career seems to be ruined. His only hope is to redeem himself on the battlefield. So with his honour at stake, against an overwhelming number of...

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Sharpe’s Sword: The Salamanca Campa...

Bernard Cornwell

Sharpe’s Sword: The Salamanca Campaign, June and July 1812

Richard Sharpe, who alone can recognise the top French spy, is under orders to capture him alive.Richard Sharpe is once again at war. But this time his enemy is just one man – the ruthless Colonel Leroux. Sharpe’s mission is to safeguard El Mirador, a spy whose network of agents is vital to British victory.Sharpe is forced into a new world of political and military intrigue. And in unfamiliar surroundings of aristocratic Spanish society, his only guide is La Marquesa – a woman with her own...

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The Last Kingdom Series Books 1-6

Bernard Cornwell

The Last Kingdom Series Books 1-6

The first six books in Bernard Cornwell’s masterful series that tells the iconic story of King Alfred and the making of a nation, in one complete eBook for the first time.BBC2’s major Autumn 2015 TV show THE LAST KINGDOM is based on the first two books in the series.THE LAST KINGDOM, THE PALE HORSEMAN, THE LORDS OF THE NORTH, SWORD SONG, THE BURNING LAND, DEATH OF KINGS.Uhtred, born into Saxon aristocracy in ninth-century Northumbria is orphaned at ten. He is captured and adopted by a Dane and...

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Sharpe’s Gold: The Destruction of A...

Bernard Cornwell

Sharpe’s Gold: The Destruction of Almeida, August 1810

Captain Sharpe’s task is to recover from a feared guerilla leader the gold Wellington so desperately needs.The enemy he faces strikes terror into the hearts of all around –a renegade guerilla band whose leader has a particular loathing for Sharpe who has stolen his woman.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...

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Sharpe’s Fortress: The Siege of Gaw...

Bernard Cornwell

Sharpe’s Fortress: The Siege of Gawilghur, December 1803

It was the most impregnable fortress in all India – Gawlighur – and the opposing forces were safely holding it.But Sharpe, newly appointed an officer by Wellesley, has his own enemies to fight on every hand. The officers in his new regiment resent his arrival, Obadiah Hakeswill is determined to have his revenge, and renegades within the British army want to retain control of their own area…

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The Last Kingdom Series Books 1–8:...

Bernard Cornwell

The Last Kingdom Series Books 1–8: The Last Kingdom, The Pale Horseman, The Lords of the North, Sword Song, The Burning Land, Death of Kings, The Pagan Lord, The Empty Throne

BBC2’s major Autumn 2015 TV series THE LAST KINGDOM is based on Bernard Cornwell’s bestselling novels on the making of England and the fate of his great hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg. The first eight books in the series, now in one complete eBook for the first time.THE LAST KINGDOM, THE PALE HORSEMAN, THE LORDS OF THE NORTH, SWORD SONG, THE BURNING LAND, DEATH OF KINGS, THE PAGAN LORD, THE EMPTY THRONE.Uhtred, born into Saxon aristocracy in ninth-century Northumbria is orphaned at ten. He is...

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Sharpe’s Tiger: The Siege of Sering...

Bernard Cornwell

Sharpe’s Tiger: The Siege of Seringapatam, 1799

Richard Sharpe avoids the tyrannical Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill and endeavours to rescue a British officer from under the nose of the Tippoo of Mysore.But in fleeing Hakeswill, Sharpe enters the exotic and dangerous world of the Tippoo. An adventure that will require all of his wits just to stay alive, let alone save the British army from catastrophe.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...

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Sharpe’s Prey: The Expedition to Co...

Bernard Cornwell

Sharpe’s Prey: The Expedition to Copenhagen, 1807

Richard Sharpe is sent to Copenhagen to deliver a bribe to stop the Danes handing over possession of their battle fleet to the French.It seems very easy. But nothing is easy in a Europe stirred by French ambitions. The Danes possess a battle fleet that could replace every ship the French lost at Trafalgar, and Napoleon's forces are gathering to take it. The British have to stop them, while the Danes insist on remaining neutral.Dragged into a war of spies and brutality, Sharpe finds that he is a...

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Sharpe’s Escape: The Bussaco Campai...

Bernard Cornwell

Sharpe’s Escape: The Bussaco Campaign, 1810

Richard Sharpe, with enemies on every side, survives Marshall Massena’s attack and ends at the lines of Torres Vedras.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, pillaged streets of Coimbra, Portugal’s ancient university city.Sharpe’s Escape begins on the great, gaunt ridge of Bussaco where a joint...

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Sword Song

Bernard Cornwell

Sword Song

BBC2’s major TV series THE LAST KINGDOM is based on Bernard Cornwell’s bestselling novels on the making of England and the fate of his great hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg. SWORD SONG is the fourth book in the series.Season 2 of the epic TV series premiers this March.The year is 885, and England is at peace, divided between the Danish kingdom to the north and Alfred's kingdom of Wessex in the south. But trouble stirs, a dead man has risen and new Vikings have arrived to occupy London.It is a...

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Sharpe’s Havoc: The Northern Portug...

Bernard Cornwell

Sharpe’s Havoc: The Northern Portugal Campaign, Spring 1809

A small British army is stranded when the French invade northern Portugal and Lieutenant Richard Sharpe meets the future Duke of Wellington.Sharpe is stranded behind enemy lines, but he has Patrick Harper, his riflemen and he has the assistance of a young, idealistic Portuguese officer.When he is joined by the future Duke of Wellington they immediately mount a counter-attack and Sharpe, having been the hunted, becomes the hunter once more. Amidst the wreckage of a defeated army, in the storm...

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Bernard Cornwell

Harlequin

Bernard Cornwell

Harlequin

Harlequins are lost souls, so loved by the devil that he would not take them to hell, but left them to roam the earth. In French, the word is hellequin – the name given to the English archers who crossed the Channel to lay waste the towns and countryside.In the fourteenth century the English were just beginning to discover their national identity, and one of the strongest elements of this was the overwhelming success in battle of the English bowmen.England’s archers crossed the Channel to lay a...

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Sharpe’s Regiment: The Invasion of...

Bernard Cornwell

Sharpe’s Regiment: The Invasion of France, June to November 1813

Richard Sharpe returns to England to save the regiment.Major Sharpe’s men are in mortal danger – not from the French, but from the bureaucrats of Whitehall. Unless reinforcements can be brought from England, the regiment will be disbanded.Determined not to see his regiment die, Sharpe returns to England and uncovers a nest of high-ranking traitors, any of whom could utterly destroy his career with a word. Sharpe is forced into the most desperate gamble of his life – and not even the influence of...

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Sharpe’s Waterloo: The Waterloo Cam...

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Sharpe’s Waterloo: The Waterloo Campaign, 15–18 June, 1815

SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY eBook edition of Bernard Cornwell’s classic novel, with a new foreword by the author.It is 1815. Sharpe is serving on the personal staff of the Prince of Orange, who refuses to listen to Sharpe’s reports of an enormous army, led by Napoleon, marching towards them.The Battle of Waterloo commences and it seems as if Sharpe must stand by and watch the grandest scale of military folly. But at the height of battle, as victory seems impossible, Sharpe takes command and the most...

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Sharpe’s Trafalgar: The Battle of T...

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Sharpe’s Trafalgar: The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805

Richard Sharpe, travelling home aboard the ‘Revenant’, meets Admiral Nelson and his fleet, on what was a calm October day off Cape Trafalgar.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.

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Sharpe’s Company: The Siege of Bada...

Bernard Cornwell

Sharpe’s Company: The Siege of Badajoz, January to April 1812

Captain Richard Sharpe has to lead the attack on the terrible fortress.It is a hard winter. For Richard Sharpe it is the worst he can remember. He has lost command to a man who could buy the promotion Sharpe covets. His oldest enemy, the ruthless and indestructible Hakeswill, joins the regiment and he is a man with a mission to ruin Sharpe.But Sharpe is determined to change his luck. The only way – a desperate choice – is to volunteer the Forlorn Hope, to lead the attack on the impregnable...

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Narren und Sterbliche (Gekürzt)

Bernard Cornwell

Narren und Sterbliche (Gekürzt)

Der Winter 1595 ist kalt, das merkt auch die Theatergruppe um William Shakespeare. Halbseidenes Gesindel sind diese Schauspieler, immer verfolgt von Obrigkeit und Geistlichkeit. Aber die Königin liebt die Bühne. Zur Hochzeit einer hohen Adeligen soll das Ensemble eine neue Komödie auf die Bühne bringen:"Der Sommernachtstraum". Auch Shakespeares jünger Bruder Richard spielt mit, dabei sind sich die beiden gar nicht grün. Dann geschieht eine Katastrophe: Eine rivalisierende Gruppe lässt das Stück...

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Der Bogenschütze - Die Bücher vom h...

Bernard Cornwell

Der Bogenschütze - Die Bücher vom heiligen Gral 1 (Ungekürzt)

Am Ostermorgen 1342 wird ein englisches Küstendorf von vier französischen Schiffen überfallen, angeführt von einem geheimnisvollen schwarzen Ritter, der sich «Harlekin» nennt. Schnell brennt der ganze Ort, und aus der Kirche wird ein Schatz gestohlen: eine alte Lanze, sie soll Sankt Georg gehört haben, dem Schutzheiligen der englischen Könige. Als einer der wenigen überlebt Thomas, der Sohn des Pfarrers. Sein Vater verrät ihm im Sterben, dass der Mann in Schwarz ein Verwandter ist. Thomas...

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Das letzte Königreich - Teil 1 der...

Bernard Cornwell

Das letzte Königreich - Teil 1 der Wikinger-Saga (Gekürzte Lesung)

Nordengland im 9. Jahrhundert. Die christlichen Sachsen versuchen ihr Land und ihren Glauben gegen die heidnischen Wikinger zu verteidigen. Der zehnjährige Fürstensohn Uhtred kämpft gegen die dänischen Eroberer. Ragnar, ihr Anführer, ist vom Mut des Jungen in der Schlacht so beeindruckt, daß er ihn verschont. Uhtred wächst als sein Ziehsohn bei den Nordmännern auf. Jahre später droht nun auch Wessex, das letzte der fünf angelsächsischen Königreiche, nach blutigen Raub- und Eroberungszügenan an...

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Der sterbende König - Teil 6 der Wi...

Bernard Cornwell

Der sterbende König - Teil 6 der Wikinger-Saga (gekürzte Fassung)

Ende des 9. Jahrhunderts droht England ein Thronfolgekrieg. Während der alte König Alfred mit dem Tode ringt, versucht sein Sohn Edward seine Nachfolge anzutreten. Doch da tauchen andere Anwärter für die Krone auf. Wird Uhtred dem schwachen Edward helfen oder geht er nach Norden, um sein eigenes Land zurückzuerobern? An Edward bindet ihn kein Eid …

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