Sharpe's Escape (Sharpe, #10)
Bernard Cornwell
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, pillaged streets of Coimbra, Portugal’s ancient university city. Sharpe’s Escape begins on the great, gaunt ridge of Bussaco where a joint British and Portuguese army meets the overwhelming strength of Marshall Massena’s crack troops. It finishes at Torres Vedras where the French hopes of occupying Portugal quickly die.
Publication Year: 2013
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0I can't read a Sharpe novel at less than 6-month intervals. Otherwise, the formula gets tedious. Still, this is a perfectly fine Sharpe novel: the hero is heroic, the villain is villainous, the damsel is distressed, and we even get to learn a little about the Napoleonic Wars without even realizing it.
I look forward to reading the next Sharpe novel about six months from now.
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