SHARPE’S
GOLD
Richard Sharpe and the Destruction of
Almeida, August 1810
BERNARD CORNWELL
Copyright
This novel is a work of fiction.
The incidents and some of the characters portrayed in it, while based on real historical events and figures, are the work of the author’s imagination.
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First published in Great Britain by Collins 1981
Copyright © Rifleman Productions Ltd 1981
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Source ISBN: 9780006173144
Ebook Edition © March 2012 ISBN: 9780007338672
Version: 2017-05-06
‘The insubordinate, sarcastic and oversexed Sharpe returns … Cornwell delivers the usual mix of strategy and strength – classic battle scenes and plenty of fisticuffs’
Daily Mirror
This book is for
Andrew Gardner
with much gratitude
For a soldier I listed, to grow great in fame.
And be shot at for sixpence a day.
CHARLES DIBDIN 1745 – 1814
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