Bernard Cornwell
Collected Edition:
Sharpe’s Escape,
Sharpe’s Fury and
Sharpe’s Battle
These novels are entirely works of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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Source ISBNs:
Sharpe’s Escape: 9780007338658
Sharpe’s Fury: 9780007338665
Sharpe’s Battle: 9780007339525
Ebook Edition © DECEMBER 2011 ISBN: 9780007454693
Version: 2018-05-22
Contents
BERNARD CORNWELL
Sharpe’s Escape
Richard Sharpe
and the Bussaco Campaign,
1811
Sharpe’s Escape is for CeCe
Contents
Part Three - The Lines of Torres Vedras
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 in conversation when Sharpe was in such a black temper, but on the other hand Harper liked to live dangerously.