Sharpe's Enemy

Richard Sharpe and the Defense of Portugal, Christmas 1812

by Bernard Cornwell

No cover — Bernard Cornwell: Sharpe's Enemy (2008, HarperCollins Publishers Limited)

352 pages

English language

Published May 18, 2008 by HarperCollins Publishers Limited.

ISBN:: 978-0-00-727625-7

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A band of renegades led by Sharpe's vicious enemy, Obadiah Hakeswill, holds a group of British and French women hostage on a strategic mountain pass. Outnumbered and attacked from two sides, Sharpe must hold his ground or die in the attempt.

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Ed@bookwyrm.social reviewed Sharpe's enemy Richard Sharpe and the defence of Portugal, Christmas 1812 by Bernard Cornwell

New Characters, a capable enemy just not the one from the title

4 stars

Engaging story taking place in only a couple of locations with less of the intrigue. A couple of arch characters let things down a bit.

Subjects

Fiction, war & military
Fiction, historical, general
Sharpe, richard (fictitious character), fiction
Napoleonic wars, 1800-1815, fiction
Great britain, fiction