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Sharpe's Assassin. Sharpe's Devil is the twelfth historical novel in the Richard Sharpe series written by Bernard Cornwell and published in 1992. [ 1] The story is set in 1820, with Sharpe and Harper en route to Chile to find their old friend Blas Vivar. Along the way they encounter the exiled Napoleon Bonaparte and the Scottish former Royal ...
Jan 1, 2001 · If SHARPE'S WATERLOO was the rip-roaring climax to Bernard Cornwell's series of Napoleonic War novels, then SHARPE'S DEVIL is the action-packed epilogue. The story, which is set five years after Waterloo, involves Sharpe's run-in with the Emperor himself and subsequent adventures in the Chilean War of Independence with Spain.
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Mar 19, 2013 · Sharpe's Devil: Richard Sharpe & the Emperor, 1820-1821 (Richard Sharpe's Adventure Series #21) Paperback – March 19, 2013 by Bernard Cornwell (Author) 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,339 ratings
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Jan 1, 1992 · Sharpe and Harper are shipped out on a Spanish frigate, which is captured by rebels led by the eponymous devil, Scottish Lord Cochrane, formerly of the Royal Navy, still the legendary scourge of the Spanish fleet. The ebullient, daring Cochrane sweeps Sharpe along in a series of breathtaking adventures on land and sea that ends with a smashing ...
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Jun 7, 2012 · Sharpe's Devil: Richard Sharpe and the Emperor, 1820-21 Paperback – International Edition, June 7, 2012 by Bernard Cornwell (Author) 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 2,244 ratings
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Sharpe then goes on to meet Lord Cochrane, the ‘sea devil’ who was the inspiration for C.S. Forester’s Hornblower and for Patrick O’Brien’s Jack Aubrey. This book was never made into a TV programme. The TV series began with Sharpe’s Rifles and ends at Waterloo, with two ‘made-up’ stories in the sequence – Sharpe’s Mission ...
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Jun 19, 2013 · Sharpe's devil : Richard Sharpe and the Emperor, 1820-1821 by Cornwell, Bernard. Publication date 1992 Topics Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Dundonald ...