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Sharpe's Enemy: The Defence of Portugal, Christmas 1812

The Sharpe Series, Book 15

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Sharpe's Enemy: The Defence of Portugal, Christmas 1812

By: Bernard Cornwell
Narrated by: Rupert Farley
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*SHARPE’S COMMAND, the brand new novel in the global bestselling series, is available to pre-order now*

Spain, December 1812

In a deathly cold winter on the Spanish-Portuguese border, a group of deserters take British hostages and it falls to Major Richard Sharpe to lead the perilous rescue mission in the biting cold mountains – where he faces one of his oldest, and most cunning, adversaries.

The British army’s fate rests on the hostages’ liberation. Outnumbered and attacked from two sides, it looks like surrender or certain death on the Gateway of God pass. Yet prepared to hold his ground, or risk his life trying, is Sharpe . . .

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©1984 Bernard Cornwell (P)2014 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Action & Adventure Epic Fantasy Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Sagas War & Military
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Critic reviews

‘Sharpe and his creator are national treasures.' Sunday Telegraph

'Bernard Cornwell is a literary miracle. Year after year, hail, rain, snow, war and political upheavals fail to prevent him from producing the most entertaining and readable historical novels of his generation.' Daily Mail

'Cornwell's narration is quite masterly and supremely well-researched.' Observer

‘The best battle scenes of any writer I’ve ever read, past or present. Cornwell really makes history come alive.’ George R.R. Martin
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Forget Love Actually. Forget Home Alone. Forget Die Hard. This is the ultimate Christmas story.

The perfect Christmas novel.

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I’ve been working my way through the Sharpe series in chronological order. This story, so far into the series, has as much excitement, intrigue and the rest of the emotional spectrum as the first book and gives an enthusiasm to see what Sharpe gets up to next. A must read/ listen. Rupert Farley does an amazing job narrating this series! Well done!

A great Sharpe story

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Hickswell never once utters his famous "it says so in the scriptures!" catchphrase!. )-: )-:

apparently it doesn't say so in the scriptures

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What a combo the author and an unbelievable narator. It just doesn't get any better

Soooo good

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