Bernard Cornwell

Sharpe’s Rifles


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      SHARPE’S

      RIFLES

      Richard Sharpe and the French Invasion

      of Galicia, January 1809

      BERNARD CORNWELL

      

Copyright

      This novel is a work of fiction. The incidents and some of the characters portrayed in it, while based on real historical events and figures, are the work of the author’s imagination.

      Published by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd

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      First published in Great Britain by Collins 1988

      Previously published in paperback by Fontana 1989

      Copyright © Rifleman Productions Ltd 1988

      Map © John Gilkes 2011

      Bernard Cornwell asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

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      Source ISBN: 9780006176978

      Ebook Edition © JULY 2009 ISBN: 9780007338733

      Version: 2017-05-06

      Sharpe’s Rifles is for Carolyn Ryan

      ‘Sharpe is the epitome of a nineteenth-century, romantic working-class hero. Cool, flash and fragrant … Escape and enjoy’

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      Table of Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

       Epigraph

       Map

       Prologue

       Chapter One

       Chapter Two

       Chapter Three

       Chapter Four

       Chapter Five

       Chapter Six

       Chapter Seven

       Chapter Eight

       Chapter Nine

       Chapter Ten

       Chapter Eleven

       Chapter Twelve

       Chapter Thirteen

       Chapter Fourteen

       Chapter Fifteen

       Chapter Sixteen

       Chapter Seventeen

       Chapter Eighteen

       Keep Reading

       Historical Note

       Sharpe’s Story

       About the Author

       The SHARPE Series (in chronological order)

       The SHARPE Series (in order of publication)

       Also by Bernard Cornwell

       About the Publisher

      PROLOGUE

      The prize was a strongbox.

      A Spanish Major was struggling to save the box, while a chasseur Colonel of Napoleon’s Imperial Guard had been ordered to capture it. The Frenchman had been unleashed to the task; told that he could destroy or kill whatever or whoever tried to obstruct him.