*The new novel in the bestselling Sharpe series – SHARPE’S COMMAND – is available now* SHARPE IS BACK. The global bestseller Bernard Cornwell returns with his iconic hero, Richard Sharpe. If any man can do the impossible it's Richard Sharpe . . . Paris, 1815 Richard Sharpe is a man with a reputation. Born in the gutter, raised a foundling, he’s the army’s loose cannon – but also its most formidable weapon. With violence brewing in the aftermath of Waterloo, and a secretive group of revolutionaries hell-bent on avenging Napoleon’s defeat, Sharpe is called to the front line: the maze of Paris streets where lines blur between friend and foe. And in search of a spy, he must defeat a lethal assassin determined to destroy his target, or die trying . . . Sharpe’s Assassin was a Sunday Times bestseller in hardback the w/c 4th October 2021.
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*The new novel in the bestselling Sharpe series – SHARPE’S COMMAND – is available now* SHARPE IS BACK. The global bestseller Bernard Cornwell returns with his iconic hero, Richard Sharpe.
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Praise for Bernard Cornwell: ‘Sharpe and his creator are national treasures' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'Strong narrative, vigourous action and striking characterisation, Cornwell remains king of the territory he has staked out as his own' SUNDAY TIMES ‘Like Game of Thrones, but real’ OBSERVER 'Blood, divided loyalties and thundering battles' THE TIMES ‘The best battle scenes of any writer I’ve ever read, past or present. Cornwell really makes history come alive’ George R.R. Martin ‘He’s called a master storyteller. Really he’s cleverer than that’ TELEGRAPH ‘A reminder of just how good a writer he is’ SUNDAY TIMES ‘Nobody in the world does this better than Cornwell’ Lee Child ‘Cornwell’s skill [is] in ageing his warrior-hero, who now creaks as he fights and is haunted by those he has loved and lost’ THE TIMES ‘The master still adding to his wonderful Saxon Chronicles’ SUNDAY TIMES MAGAZINE ‘Legendary … excellent storytelling, as ever’ SUNDAY SPORT 'A violent, absorbing historical saga, deeply researched and thoroughly imagined' WASHINGTON POST
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Sharpe is back in the gripping, epic new historical novel from the global bestselling author
Sharpe is back in the gripping, epic new historical novel from the global bestselling author • After 15 years’ absence, Richard Sharpe is back •SHARPE’S ASSASSIN takes the reader on an epic journey with Sharpe to Paris after he survives the battlefields of Waterloo • The iconic Sharpe novels have sold over 20 million copies around the world • A global brand – Bernard Cornwell is the author of over 50 novels published in 30 countries and 28 languages: he is the most successful and prolific historical novelist writing today • A large-scale, ambitious campaign behind the paperback, complimented by a big drive around the brand new backlist re-issues in the series – bringing a whole new readership to Sharpe Competition: The;the;last kingdom;lion;honour of rome;sparring partners;billy summers;over my dead body;Silverview. by;Wilbur Smith;Conn Iggulden;Lee Child;Robert Harris;Bernard Cornwall;George R R Martin;James Patterson;Stephen King;John le Carre
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780008184049
Publisert
2022-06-09
Utgiver
Vendor
HarperCollins
Vekt
300 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
25 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
336

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Bernard Cornwell was born in London, raised in Essex and
worked for the BBC for eleven years before meeting Judy, his
American wife. Denied an American work permit he wrote a
novel instead and has been writing ever since. He and Judy
divide their time between Cape Cod and Charleston, South
Carolina.