SHARPE'S FORTRESS+SIGNED+FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINT++

BERNARD CORNWELL (SIGNED)

ISBN 10: 0002256312 / ISBN 13: 9780002256315

Published by HARPER COLLINS, LONDON, UK, 1999

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A NICE CLEAN AND TIGHT UK FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINT COPY OF SHARPE'S FORTRESS BY BERNARD CORNWELL WHICH BERNARD HAS VERY KINDLY SIGNED TO THE TITLE PAGE. THIS BOOK IS IN A PROTECTIVE CLEAR ACETATE COVER, ALL BOOKS DESPATCHED WRAPPED IN BUBBLE WRAP AND A STRONG CARDBOARD BOX.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: SHARPE'S FORTRESS+SIGNED+FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINT++
• Publisher: HARPER COLLINS, LONDON, UK
• Publication Date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0002256312
• ISBN 13: 9780002256315
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

1999, Hardcover, 304 pages

Review

Fighting in the millet fields of India circa 1803, Richard Sharpe knows trouble when he sees it: dissension in the ranks, a feverish and arrogant enemy, nobody to confide in. Unbeknownst to his comrades, Sharpe has buried a fortune in booty along the way. He knows his freedom is coming, and it's only a matter of time before he can feast on the spoils. Sharpe's Fortress is the 17th in Bernard Cornwell's series starring this colonial British soldier who has risen in the ranks despite blunders and misadventures, not to mention his own suspicions of the men around him.

Treason, near-death experiences, cannonballs hidden in the tall grass "sticky with blood and thick with flies, lying twenty paces from the man it had eviscerated," these are the elements of Cornwell's war stories, which rely heavily on long, involved--and involving--battle scenes, marvelous description, and bawdy dialogue in the trenches (a highlight: arguments over whether there's such a thing as breasts that look like grapes). For readers who hunger for humorous, complex characterizations, Sharpe proves vivid and three-dimensional. He holds tightly to his dreams of treasure, eavesdropping on betrayers, ultimately hatching a desperate plan to make his way to the fortress in the sky, Gawilghur. Cornwell's hero is an honest soldier, and also a pragmatic one. He doesn't care as much about the medals and the glory as he cares about dodging cannon fire and finding a place to sleep. --Ellen Williams