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SHARPE'S HAVOC
by Cornwell, Bernard
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0060530464
- ISBN 13
- 9780060530464
- Seller
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Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper/Collins, 2003. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. The 21st novel in Cornwell's historical adventure series featuring British solldier, Richard Sharpe, during the Napoleonic era at the beginning of the 19th century. It is 1809 and the French are attacking Portugal with the aim of controlling the whole of the Iberian Peninsula. Lt. Sharpe and his small contingent of British soldiers are in Oporto, assigned to find the missing daughter of an English wine merchant as the French forces enter the city, slaughtering everyone in their path. First printing, first American edition (with complete numberline). About 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches, 306 pages including historical note at end. Bound in black paper-covered boards with gold lettering on spine and including a map of Wellesley's campaing in Northern Portugal in 1809. The dustjacket's front panel shows a battle scene in dark browns and yellows between the title in white and author in gold. This copy has a quarter-sized sticker in the lower part of the front panel referring customers to a "free copy" of "Sharpe's Trafalgar" with details on the deal on the back jacket flap. The back panel of the dj contains five blurbs of praise for various Cornwell works. Boards and text are without noticeable flaws or damage except some very light foxing on top edge of text. No creasing, no tears, no bumped corners. Binding is tight. Text clear of highlighting, or underlining or other marks. Dustjacket is in equally good condition with exception of some light rubbing and the aforementioned sticker on front panel. Overall, a very decent copy of this work from Cornwell's signature historical series.
Synopsis
Sharpe's Havoc: Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Oporto is a historical novel by Bernard Cornwell set during the Napoleonic Wars. It is the twentieth full-length novel in the series (in order of publication), and takes place between the events of Sharpe's Rifles and Sharpe's Eagle. The book is set largely in Portugal during General Arthur Wellesley's Oporto Campaign in 1809.
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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006078
- Title
- SHARPE'S HAVOC
- Author
- Cornwell, Bernard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0060530464
- ISBN 13
- 9780060530464
- Publisher
- Harper/Collins
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- HISTORICAL NOVEL; EUROPE, GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, PORTUGAL, 1809, NAPOLEONIC WARS, 19TH CENTURY, BRITISH ARMY, RICHARD SHARPE,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adventure; England; Europe;
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About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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