'A Gentleman's Guide to Calculating Winning Bets.' A gentleman (or gentlewoman for that matter) who likes to bet, should never be at a disadvantage when it comes to calculating the amount of winnings he or she has managed to prise away from the grasping clutches of the local turf accountant. In this[...]
At the height of the 1810 battle of Bussaco, Captain Richard Sharpe finds himself separated from his company and lured into a trap from which he must escape in order to rejoin the conflict at the Lines of Torres Vedras and to stop French invaders at Lisbon. By the author of Sharpe's Havoc. Reprint.[...]
British soldier Richard Sharpe stands up to Napoleon's crack troops in the Iberian Peninsula while searching for the missing daughter of an English wine shipper in this wonderfully detailed historical novel of the Napoleonic Wars set in 1809. Reprint. 60,000 first printing.[...]
Be prepared for scenes of great action & heroics"Then why go to an enemy harbor?" asked Sharpe."To capture it, of course, why else?" Cochrane looked at Sharpe as though the Rifleman was mad. "We've got a ship, we've got men, we've got weapons, so what the hell else should we be doing?""But the ship [...]
Bernard Cornwell's action-packed series that captures the gritty texture of Napoleonic warfare--now beautifully repackaged Captain Richard Sharpe prepares to lead his men against the army of Napoleon at Talavera in what will be the bloodiest battle of the war. After their cowardly loss of the regim[...]
A year after the victory at Talavera, Wellington's army, outnumbered and bankrupt, is on the verge of collapse. Its only hope lies in a cache of gold hidden in the Portuguese mountains, and the only man capable of stealing it is Captain Richard Sharpe--even if it means turning against his own side.[...]
The year is 1812, and Richard Sharpe has one mission: to thwart Napoleon's dream of empire. Sharpe and the fighting men of the Light Company must gain control of two fortress cities in Spain if Wellington's army is to stem the Napoleonic tide. Consistently exciting... these are wonderful novels. (St[...]
Amid the splendor and elegance of the city of Salamanca, Sharpe stalks the infamous Colonel Leroux--under direct orders from Napoleon--whose target is "El Mirador," the spymaster whose network provides key information to the British. Reissue.[...]
An unfinished duel, a midnight murder, and the treachery of a beautiful prostitute lead to the imprisonment of Sharpe. Caught in a web of political intrigue for which his military experience has left him fatally unprepared, Sharpe becomes a fugitive--a man hunted by both ally and enemy alike.[...]
Sharpe returns to England and discovers an illegal recruiting ring that sells soldiers like cattle to other divisions. The ringleaders know Sharpe is on their trail, and they try to kill him at every turn. But Sharpe is fighting for his command, and as he moves from the dark slums of London to the h[...]
It is 1814 and the defeat of Napolean seems imminent - if the well-protected city of Toulouse can be conquered. For Richard Sharpe, the battle turns out to be one of the bloodiest of the Peninsula Wars, and he must draw on his last reserves of strength to lead his troops to victory. But before Shar[...]
The thirteenth novel in the popular Sharpe series. Once more Sharpe,s career is on the line, following a disastrous attack by an elite French unit. To save his honour Sharpe must lead his men to glory in one of the bitterest battles of the Peninsular War.[...]
The year is 1811 and the French appear to have won their war in Portugal and Spain, with Spain fallen to the invader except for the sea-wrapped city of Cadiz. Captain Richard Sharpe has no business being in Cadiz, but an attack on a French held bridge goes disastrously wrong and Sharpe finds himself[...]
A band of renegades led by Sharpe's vicious enemy, Obadiah Hakeswill, holds a group of British and French women hostage on a strategic mountain pass. Outnumbered and attacked from two sides, Sharpe must hold his ground or die in the attempt. Consistently exciting... these are wonderful novels. (Step[...]
Sharpe's mission has seemed 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 Sharpe's arrival with a battalion of French soldiers and a vicious commanding general who kee[...]
A cumulative index to The Collected Works of John Dewey, 1882-1953, this distinctive, indispensable volume includes a collected works contents, title index, and subject index.[...]
The greatest threat to Wellington's Salamanca Campaign is not Napoleon's Army but France's deadliest assassin. He's already failed to kill Captain Richard Sharpe once. Now, he's getting a second chance.[...]
With Wellington outnumbered, the bankrupt army's only hope of avoiding, collapse is a hidden cache of Portuguese gold. Only Captain Richard Sharpe is capable of stealing itand it means turning against his own men.[...]
To stem the Napoleonic tide, Sharpe must capture a fortresswhere his wife and infant daughter are trappedwhile protecting himself from a fellow officer determined to destroy him.[...]
After the cowardly incompetence of two officers besmirches their name, Captain Richard Sharpe must redeem the regiment by capturing the most valued prize in the French Armya golden Imperial Eagle, the standard touched by the hand of Napoleon himself.[...]