<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Captain Richard Sharpe, along with his company of redcoats and riflemen, must save Portugal from the invading French in this action-packed, rip-roaring entry in Cornwell's "New York Times" bestselling adventure series.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>From </strong><em><strong>New York Times</strong></em><strong> bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the tenth installment in the world-renowned</strong><em><strong> </strong></em><strong>Sharpe series, chronicling the rise of Richard Sharpe, a Private in His Majesty's Army at the siege of Seringapatam. </strong></p><p>Sharpe's job as Captain of the Light Company is under threat and he has made a new enemy, a Portuguese criminal known as Ferragus. Discarded by his regiment, Sharpe wages a private war against Ferragus - a war fought through the burning, pillaged streets of Coimbra, Portugal's ancient university city.</p><p>Sharpe's Escape begins on the great, gaunt ridge of Bussaco where a joint British and Portuguese army meets the overwhelming strength of Marshall Massena's crack troops. It finishes at Torres Vedras where the French hopes of occupying Portugal quickly die.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>Only two obstacles stand between Napoleon's mighty army and its seemingly certain conquest of Portugal: a land wasted and stripped of food at Wellington's orders . . . and Captain Richard Sharpe. But perils from within and without threaten the bold captain of the Light Company -- the hatred and incompetence of a superior officer, the vicious treachery of a false ally . . . and the overwhelming numbers of a fierce, determined enemy, combining to make Sharpe's escape a near impossibility.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Sharpe aficionados will rejoice....With fully fleshed-out characters and keen human insight, Cornwell just keeps getting better."--<em>Publishers Weekly</em> <strong>(starred review)</strong><br><br>"Highly recommended ... A worthy entry in the Sharpe series, this book will be eagerly anticipated by Cornwell's many readers."--<em>Library Journal</em><br><br>"Prepare to have your buckles swashed."--<em>People</em><br><br>"Presents to the contemporary reader an important part of history that Americans know little about."--<em>Los Angeles Times</em><br><br>"An altogether rousing tale of revenge and derring-do....Cornwell's cinematically detailed battle pieces [are] literal tours de force."--Michael Dirda in The Washington Post<br><br>"Perhaps the greatest writer of historical adventure novels today."--Washington Post<br><br>"Richard Sharpe has the most astounding knack for finding himself where the action is...and adding considerably to it."--Wall Street Journal<br>