Sharpe's Escape

Sharpe's Escape

First edition cover
Author Bernard Cornwell
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Series Richard Sharpe stories
Genre Historical novels
Publisher Harper Collins
Publication date
1 June 2004
Media type Print (Hardcover and Paperback) and audio-CD
Pages 351 pp (hardcover edition))
384 pp (paperback edition)
ISBN 0-00-712013-3 (hardcover edition)
ISBN 0-00-712014-1 (paperback edition)
OCLC 55624786
Preceded by Sharpe's Gold
Followed by Sharpe's Fury

Sharpe's Escape is the tenth historical novel in the Richard Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell, published in 2004. Sharpe is embroiled in the British retreat through Portugal in 1810 from the defence of the Ridge at Bussaco to the Lines of Torres Vedras, where the French offensive was successfully halted.

Plot summary

Captain Richard Sharpe is threatened as commander of the South Essex Regiment Light Company by the family politics of the Regiment's Commanding Officer. While the British and their Portuguese allies see off the French assault at Bussaco, Sharpe becomes embroiled in a private feud with the criminal Ferragus, whom he pursues from the abandoned town of Coimbra back towards the massive defensive works which Wellington has ordered built at Torres Vedras.

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