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Sharpe's sword

Richard Sharpe and the Salamanca Campaign, June and July 1812

by Bernard Cornwell, Frederick Davidson

FictionSalamanca, Battle of, Salamanca, Spain, 1812Richard Sharpe (Fictitious character)History, MilitaryNapoleonic Wars, 1800-1815Military HistoryPeninsular War, 1807-1814Soldiers

Having forced their way into spain in 1812, the british plan a battle that will be more decisive then any that has gone on before during the fight in spain in terms of strategic effects. Meanwhile captain Sharpe finds himself in the middle of the secret war. So far he has been lucky in surviving dangerous situations, but now he comes closer to death than ever before and his comrades can only hope he is not beyond the point of what is possible

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