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SHARPE’S
GOLD
Richard Sharpe and the Destruction of
Almeida, August 1810
BERNARD CORNWELL
Copyright
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First published in Great Britain by Collins 1981
Copyright © Rifleman Productions Ltd 1981
Cover design by Holly Macdonald © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2019
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Bernard Cornwell asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work
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This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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Ebook Edition © July 2009 ISBN: 9780007338672
Version: 2019-12-13
This book is for
Andrew Gardner
with much gratitude
‘The insubordinate, sarcastic and oversexed Sharpe returns … Cornwell delivers the usual mix of strategy and strength – classic battle scenes and plenty of fisticuffs’
Daily Mirror
For a soldier I listed, to grow great in fame.
And be shot at for sixpence a day.
CHARLES DIBDIN 1745 – 1814
Contents
The SHARPE Series (in chronological order)