La fuga de Sharpe

In 1810, the powerful and well-armed Napoleonic army again set out to invade Portugal from the Spanish border, pushing the British out to sea. However, they will face some problems: before them lie devastated lands and in which Wellington has made food extremely difficult to find. And, worse still, Richard Sharpe is eager to go into combat. The now English captain is in trouble. As if they were few, an officer with close relationships in high places puts his career in jeopardy and, in addition, Sharpe, in charge of the quartermaster, must also face the tricks of some Portuguese, who seek to enrich themselves at the expense of the French. He will have no choice but to wage a real personal war with the prestigious criminal Ferragus... And it will be a war to the death. In this new Sharpe adventure, Bernard Cornwell offers us an extraordinary account of the confrontation between Wellington and Masséna at the Battle of Bussaco, with a splendid climax in the university town of Coimbra. Once again, Cornwell's narrative strength reaches heights that are simply unsurpassed.