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Author
Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (496 pages)
Language
English
Description
"In a time of terror for Europe's monarchs-imprisoned, exiled, executed-Napoleon's army marched toward Lisbon. Cornered, Prince Regent Jo�ao had to make the most fraught decision of his life. Protected by the British Navy, he fled to Brazil with his entire family, including his deranged mother, most of the nobility, and the entire state apparatus. Until then, no European monarch had ever set foot in the Americas. Thousands made the voyage, but it...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
c1988
Physical Desc
304 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the bitter winter of 1809, the French are winning the war in Spain. Britain's forces are retreating, being hotly pursued by Napoleon's troops. Lieutenant Richard Sharpe and his detachment of riflemen, have been cut off, and are being pursued by an Irishman called Patrick Harper. Sharpe finds an ally in a Spanish cavalry officer, Blas Vivar, and companionship in an English refugee, Louisa Parker.
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
c1995
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
British officer Richard Sharpe is given the task of preparing the hitherto purely ceremonial Royal Irish Company for real battle. The commander's ambitious wife and false rumors of a massacre in Ireland complicate the job.
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
c1995
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hunting for lost Aztec gold, Sharpe runs afoul of a local partisan leader (Folk); Wellington's cousin Bess (Linehan), searching for her lost gold-prospecting husband, shows up with her daughter (Ashbourne) and gets mixed up in the mess.
Author
Series
Richard Sharpe novels volume 15
Publisher
Sharpe Appreciation Society
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Rev. and extended ed.
Physical Desc
63 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
1995
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When the incompetent Sir Henry Simmerson (Cochrane) loses most of his men and his regimental flag during battle, Sharpe (Bean), spurred by the memory of a friend who was recently killed sets out for revenge. He is determined to capture the French mascot, a carved golden eagle which is carried into combat. Sharpe is also looking to a settle a personal score with two arrogant officers who have angered him at their mistreatment of the elegant widow Josefina...
Author
Series
Richard Sharpe novels volume 12
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Author
Series
Richard Sharpe novels volume 7
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
306 p. : 1 map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Richard Sharpe novels volume 10
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
357 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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