Book Review for

Sharpe's Gold (Almeida 1810)
by Bernard Cornwell
 

The 9th in the Richard Sharpe series.
Sharpe is secretly commissioned by General Wellington himself to
find and retrieve 16,000 gold pieces so the British can repel the French
advance through Portugal. To do so, he must win a fight against the
superior swordsman, El Catolico, a guerrilla leader seeking the gold for
his own cause, and win the loyalty of El Catolico's mistress, the beautiful
and brave Teresa. Sharpe must also defy his own superior, Major Kearsey
and the British officer, Cox, commander of the fortress town of Almeida,
which is soon to be overrun by the French.
A wonderfully written story.


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