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

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      SHARPE’S

       GOLD

      Richard Sharpe and the Destruction of

       Almeida, August 1810

      BERNARD CORNWELL

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      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.

      Published by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd

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       www.harpercollins.co.uk

      First published in Great Britain by Collins 1981

      Copyright © Rifleman Productions Ltd 1981

      Bernard Cornwell asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

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      Source ISBN: 9780006173144

      Ebook Edition © March 2012 ISBN: 9780007338672

      Version: 2017-05-06

       Praise

      ‘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

       Dedication

      This book is for

       Andrew Gardner

       with much gratitude

       Epigraph

      For a soldier I listed, to grow great in fame.

      And be shot at for sixpence a day.

      CHARLES DIBDIN 1745 – 1814

      Table of Contents

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Praise

       Dedication

       Epigraph

       Map

       Chapter One

       Chapter Two

       Chapter Three

       Chapter Four

       Chapter Five

       Chapter Six

       Chapter Seven

       Chapter Eight

       Chapter Nine

       Chapter Ten

       Chapter Eleven

       Chapter Twelve

       Chapter Thirteen

       Chapter Fourteen

       Chapter Fifteen

       Chapter Sixteen

       Chapter Seventeen

       Chapter Eighteen

       Chapter Nineteen

       Chapter Twenty

       Chapter Twenty-One

       Chapter Twenty-Two

       Chapter Twenty-Three

       Chapter Twenty-Four

       Epilogue

       Keep Reading

       Historical Note

       Sharpe’s Story

       About the Author

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