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| Book Number | B0014366 |
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| Title | Sharpe's Gold: Richard Sharpe and the Destruction of Almeida, August 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: Publishers imprint information. Dust jacket edition identified by: Priced £6.95 with a review of Sharpe's Eagle on the rear Hardcover, Octavo (20-25 cm high). 250 printed pages in publisher's original green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket. ISBN 0002221292 [9780002221290] |
| Publisher(s) | William Collins and Sons Limited, London, 1981 William Collins and Sons Limited—(Founded in 1819) A Glasgow-based publisher published a range of bibles, atlases and dictionaries, but equally well known for high profile fiction authors such as H. G.Wells, Agatha Christie, J. R. R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis and non-fiction series such as the New Naturalists Series. Collins merged with Harper and Row to form HarperCollins, of which it is now an imprint. [McBride page 33] [Zempel and Verkler page 99] . |
| Series | Richard Sharpe Series Number Nine (chronologically or Two 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 second book in the Sharpe Series. Wellington is desperate for money and sends Captain Sharpe on a mission to recover abandoned gold. |
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