Sharpe's Escape Author:Bernard Cornwell Bernard Cornwell's ever-growing magnum opus consists of his books featuring the doughty soldier Richard Shape and Sharpe's Escape is the 20th title. — The year is 1810, and the British Army is struggling against the confident French who are assailing Portugal once again. As British soldiers cross into Spain, they find a hunger-ridden depleted lan... more »d. In the middle of the chaos is Captain of the Light Company, Richard Sharpe, who has found a new nemesis in Ferragus, a duplicitous Portuguese man well-connected with the French invaders. However, the battle between the two men takes a more dangerous turn, when Sharpe, no longer with his regiment, takes some unorthodox routes to prosecute his personal battle. With only his ex-colleague, the reliable Sergeant Harper and a Portuguese ally, Jorge Vicente, to help confront myriad enemies, the Sharpe/Ferragus duel is fought through the ruined streets of Coimbra and on to Lisbon, as Wellington mounts a coup de grace against the French.« less