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An honored veteran of the Napolenic Wars, Lt. Col. Richard Sharpe is drawn into a deadly battle, both on land and on the high seas. The year is 1820, and military hero Richard Sharpe has quietly passed the years since the Battle of Waterloo as a farmer. Suddenly, his peaceful retirement is disturbed when he and the intrepid Patrick Harper are called to the Spanish colony of Chile to find Don Blas Vivar, an old friend who has vanished without a trace—and who just happened to be the captain-general of Chile. Sharpe and Harper embark on a dangerous journey that carries them first to an…

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Editions

15 editions · 2 languages
  • Audiobook · English · 2009
    Blackstone Audio, Inc. · 9781433269561
  • Ebook · English · 2006
    HarperCollins · 9780061213922
  • Audiobook · English · 1994
    Chivers Audio Books · 9780745142524
  • Hardcover · English · 1992
    HarperCollins · 280 pages · 9780060179779
  • Other · English · 2012
    HarperCollins Publishers Limited · 9780007452910
  • Other · English · 2010
    HarperCollins Publishers Limited · 320 pages · 9780007334544
Chile War of Independence, 1810-1824Adventure storiesMilitary HistoryRichard Sharpe (Fictitious character)FictionHistorical fictionHistoryFiction, historical