Sharpe's Command Synopsis
Sharpe is back. The brand new novel from Bernard Cornwell in the global bestselling Sharpe series.
Spain, 1812. Richard Sharpe, the most brilliant but the most wayward soldier in the British army, finds himself faced with an impossible task. Two French armies march towards each other. If they meet, the British are lost. And only Sharpe - with just his cunning, his courage and a small band of rogues to rely on - stands in their way.
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9780008496777 |
| Publication date: |
27th October 2022 |
| Author: |
Bernard Cornwell |
| Publisher: |
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Pagination: |
320 pages |
| Series: |
The Sharpe Series |
| Primary Genre |
Action Adventure
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Bernard Cornwell Press Reviews
'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
'Nobody in the world does this better than Cornwell' - LEE CHILD
About Bernard Cornwell
Born in Essex in 1944 Bernard Cornwell was adopted at the age of six weeks by two members of a strict fundamentalist sect called the Peculiar People. He grew up in a household that forbade alcohol, cigarettes, dances, television, conventional medicine and toy guns. Not surprisingly, he developed a fascination for military adventure. As a teenager he devoured CS Forester’s Hornblower novels and tried to enlist three times. Poor eyesight put paid to his dream, instead he went to university to read theology. On graduating, he became a teacher, then joined BBC’s Nationwide, working his way up the ladder to become head of current affairs at BBC Northern Ireland, then editor of Thames News. In 1979, his life changed when he fell in love with an American.
"Judy couldn’t live here, so I gave up my job and moved to the US. I couldn’t get a green card, and for 18 months the only thing I could do was write novels." The result was his first book about 19th century hero, Richard Sharpe, Sharpe’s Eagle.
In addition to the hugely successful Sharpe novels, Bernard Cornwell is the author of the Starbuck Chronicles, the Warlord trilogy, the Grail Quest series, the Alfred series and standalone battle books Azincourt and The Fort.
Bernard Cornwell owns houses in Cape Cod and Florida and two boats. Every year he takes two months off from his writing and spends most of his time on his 24 foot Cornish crabber, Royalist.
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