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| Book Number | B0014014 |
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| Title | Sharpe's Escape: Richard Sharpe and the Bussaco Campaign 1810 |
| Author(s) | Author: Cornwell, Bernard Bernard Cornwell (1944-)—English author of historical novels, best known for his Richard Sharpe Series, but who has also written several other successful series such as The Starbuck Chronicles, The Warlord Chronicles, The Grail Quest novels and Main article: The Grail Quest and The Saxon Stories |
| Edition and Format | First Edition, [First Printing] Book edition identified by: 1) publisher's imprint information states 'Published by HarperCollins Publishers 2004' and 2) publisher's imprint line '13579108642'. Dust jacket edition identified by: 1) blurb and priced '£17.99' on the front flap, 2) Bernard Cornwell's bio on the rear flap and 3) one book review from 'Evening Standard' on the lower panel Hardcover Octavo (20-25 cm high). [x] and 351 printed pages in publisher's original black cloth with gilt 'Sharpe's Escape', 'Bernard Cornwell' and HarperCollins Publishers logo on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket. ISBN 0007120133 [9780007120130] |
| Publisher(s) | HarperCollins Publishers, London, 2004 HarperCollinsPublishers—(Founded in 1990) A publishing company formed through the merger of the publishers William Collins, Sons and Co Limited, a British company, and Harper & Row, an American company. It has numerous inmprints including: Angus & Robertson, Amistad, Angry Robot, Avon, Avon Red, Avon A, Balzer + Bray, Caedmon, Collins, Collins Design, Collins Education, Collins Geo, Ecco, Eos, Fourth Estate, Greenwillow Books, Harper, HarperBusiness Essentials, HarperCollins Children's Audio, HarperCollins Children's Books, HarperCollins Speakers Bureau, HarperFestival, Harper Paperbacks, Harper Perennial, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, HarperPress, HarperAudio, HarperCollins, HarperCollins e-Books, HarperElement, HarperEntertainment, HarperLuxe, HarperOne, HarperTeen, HarperTorch, HarperTrophy, HarperTrue, HarperSanFrancisco, HarperSport, HarperVoyager, Julie Andrews Collection, Katherine Tegen Books, Morrow Cookbooks, Rayo, Voyager, Walden Pond Press, William Morrow, Zondervan. [McBride page 53] [Zempel and Verkler page 191] . |
| Series | Richard Sharpe Series Number Ten (chronologically or Twenty as published) Richard Sharpe Series—A series of historical novels featuring Richard Sharpe and describing the adventures of an English soldier during the Napoleonic Wars, which has been adapted for a series of television episodes starring Sean Bean. Although the first novel stars in 1809 with Sharpe a Lieutenant, later novels including numerous 'prequels' tell the story of Sharpe's career from a Private in Sharpe's Tiger to Lieutenant Colonel in Sharpe's Waterloo. The first book was originally published in 1981 |
| Content | content The twentieth novel in the Sharpe Series set in 1810 when Wellington is withdrawing his army behind the Lines at Torres Vedras. . |
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