Sharpe's Fortress - First UK Printing, Signed

Cornwell, Bernard

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ISBN 10: 0002256312 ISBN 13: 9780002256315

Published by Harper Collins, London, 1999

Language: English

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Signed by the author at the title page. A First Printing of the UK edition, published in London by Harper Collins in 1999. In Very Good used condition, pushed at the spine tips, toning to the block. The protected dustjacket is unclipped but is colour-faded at the spine and shows minor creasing at the top edge. Small nick to the bottom edge at the rear panel.

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Title

Sharpe's Fortress - First UK Printing, Signed

Publisher

Harper Collins, London

Publication Date

1999

Language

English

ISBN 10

0002256312

ISBN 13

9780002256315

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Printing

1st Printing

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good

Signed

Signed by Author(s)

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1999, Hardcover, 304 pages

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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

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