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| Book Number | B0015400 |
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| Title | Sharpe's Sword: Richard Sharpe and the Salamanca Campaign, June and July, 1812 |
| 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: No later editions or printings stated in the publisher's imprint information. Dust jacket edition identified by: Priced £8.50 on the front flap and Sharpe's Company the last title on the lower panel Hardcover, Octavo (20-25 cm high). 319 printed pages in publisher's original red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, in dust jacket. Contains black and white map. ISBN 0002214105 [9780002214100] |
| Publisher(s) | William Collins and Sons Limited, London, 1983 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 Fourteen (chronologically or Four 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 fourth book in the Sharpe Series. Sharpe and Harper find themselves in a war of spies, while hunting down the sadistic Colonel Philippe Leroux …. |
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