Sharpe's Siege (#9) Paperback - 2001
by Bernard Cornwell
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- very good
- Paperback
Sharpe's mission seems simple: capture a small unguarded French coastal fort, cripple Napoleon's supply lines, and retreat across the sea. But behind the lines, Sharpe's old enemy, Pierre Ducos, awaits with a battalion of French soldiers and a vicious commanding general who keeps the scalps of his dead enemies as trophies.
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- Title Sharpe's Siege (#9)
- Author Bernard Cornwell
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Later Printing
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, New York
- Date 2001
- Features Maps
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0140294376I4N00
- ISBN 9780140294378 / 0140294376
- Weight 0.47 lbs (0.21 kg)
- Dimensions 7.75 x 5.08 x 0.6 in (19.69 x 12.90 x 1.52 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Historical fiction
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 87020713
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Summary
Sharpe's mission seems simple: capture a small unguarded French coastal fort, cripple Napoleon's supply lines, and retreat across the sea. But behind the lines, Sharpe's old enemy, Pierre Ducos, awaits with a battalion of French soldiers and a vicious commanding general who keeps the scalps of his dead enemies as trophies.
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First line
It was ten days short of Candlemas, 1814, and an Atlantic wind carried shivers of cold rain that slapped on narrow cobbled alleys, spilt from the broken gutters of tangled roofs, and pitted the water of St Jean de Luz's inner harbour.