Sharpe's Havoc
by Cornwell, Bernard
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- F/VG/ND
- ISBN 10
- 0007870752
- ISBN 13
- 9780007870752
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2004* Publisher: Harper for the Book People.* Binding and cover condition: Colour illustrated soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Very slight shelf wear to edges & corners. Some impression marks to rear cover & minor reading creases to spine & hinge. Seems lightly used. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 370 pp. text. vi pp. advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- It is the spring of 1809 and a small British army is stationed in Lisbon when Marshal Soult begins the French invasion of northern Portugal. No one knows whether the British will fight or leave, but there is little choice for Lieutenant Richard Sharpe and his squad of riflemen. This book is a classic Sharpe story, a return to Portugal with Richard Sharpe in fighting form in the company of Sergeant Patrick Harper, Captain Hogan and Sharpe's beloved Greenjackets.* This is a NEAR FINE copy of the 1st./1st. thus with minimal shelf wear reducing it to VG.*
Synopsis
Sharpe's Havoc: Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Oporto is a historical novel by Bernard Cornwell set during the Napoleonic Wars. It is the twentieth full-length novel in the series (in order of publication), and takes place between the events of Sharpe's Rifles and Sharpe's Eagle. The book is set largely in Portugal during General Arthur Wellesley's Oporto Campaign in 1809.
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4285
- Title
- Sharpe's Havoc
- Author
- Cornwell, Bernard
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - F/VG/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus, 1st. Imp.
- ISBN 10
- 0007870752
- ISBN 13
- 9780007870752
- Publisher
- Harper/The Book People
- Place of Publication
- London Uk 336
- Date Published
- 2004-01-01
- Size
- 20.1 x 13.5 x 2.3 cm
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