The brand new novel from Bernard Cornwell in the global bestselling Sharpe series. If any man can do the impossible it\"s Richard Sharpe . . . And the impossible is exactly what the formidable Major Sharpe is asked to do when he\"s dispatched on an undercover mission behind enemy lines, deep in the Spanish countryside....

Sharpe is back. The global bestseller Bernard Cornwell returns with his iconic hero, Richard Sharpe. If any man can do the impossible it\"s Richard Sharpe . . . Paris, 1815 Richard Sharpe is a man with a reputation. Born in the gutter, raised a foundling, he\"s the army\"s loose cannon - but also its most formidable weapon....

Spain, June 1812 In the beautiful city of Salamanca, Captain Richard Sharpe must hunt down and safeguard Britain\"s most valuable spy, \"El Mirador\", before he\"s silenced by France\"s deadliest assassin - even at the risk of his own life....

Spain, December 1812 In a deathly cold winter on the Spanish-Portuguese border, a group of deserters take British hostages and it falls to Major Richard Sharpe to lead the perilous rescue mission in the biting cold mountains – where he faces one of his oldest, and most cunning, adversaries....

Spain, January 1812 Lieutenant Richard Sharpe faces threats from all sides when an old adversary joins the ranks. Yet, despite the risks, he must embark on a deadly mission – to capture the impenetrable fortress of Badajoz. It’s a long, cold winter for war as the French force onwards – but Sharpe’s battle-rage burns....

Spain, May 1811 As the British struggle to keep their last strongholds in Spain, Captain Richard Sharpe is handed a grenade of a command - ordered to train the Spanish palace guards for battle. But when the crumbling frontier fort where they are based becomes the target for the elite French attack, Sharpe is confronted by an old enemy....

Spain, March 1811 Cadiz is under siege - the last city standing in France\"s conquest of Spain. So Captain Richard Sharpe must navigate the spymasters and murderous factions within its walls - and see off deadly threats from more than one enemy....

Spain, August 1810 The English army faces ruin in Spain – and the Duke of Wellington is desperate for money to fund the war. Only a cache of hidden Spanish gold can save them. And only Captain Richard Sharpe has the cunning to capture it....

Richard Sharpe, asked to help an old friend, meets, at last, the greatest enemy. Five years after the Battle of Waterloo, Sharpe’s peaceful retirement in Normandy is shattered. An old friend, Don Blas Vivar, is missing in Chile, reported dead at rebel hands – a report his wife refuses to believe. She appeals to Sharpe to find out the truth....

Lieutenant-Colonel Sharpe, sidelined on the Royal staff, magnificently siezes command at the final moment of the great victory. It is 1815. Sharpe is serving on the personal staff of the Prince of Orange, who refuses to listen to Sharpe’s reports of an enormous army, led by Napoleon, marching towards them....

Richard Sharpe triumphs in the last battle of the war, only to find himself in worse peril when charged to recover Napoleon\"s treasure. It is 1814. There are rumours that Napoleon is dead, or has run away, but Sharpe has one last battle to fight before he can lay down his sword. It is the battle for Toulouse....

Richard Sharpe, abandoned in enemy territory, has to trust in assistance from a hostile American privateer. The invasion of France is under way and the British Navy has called upon the services of Major Richard Sharpe....

Richard Sharpe returns to England to save the regiment. Major Sharpe’s men are in mortal danger – not from the French, but from the bureaucrats of Whitehall. Unless reinforcements can be brought from England, the regiment will be disbanded....

Major Sharpe finds himself a fugitive, hunted by enemy and ally alike. Major Richard Sharpe awaits the opening shots of the army\"s campaign with grim expectancy. For victory depends on the increasingly fragile alliance between Britain and Spain - an alliance that must be maintained at any cost....

A small British army is stranded when the French invade northern Portugal and Lieutenant Richard Sharpe meets the future Duke of Wellington. Sharpe is stranded behind enemy lines, but he has Patrick Harper, his riflemen and he has the assistance of a young, idealistic Portuguese officer....