Sharpe's Eagle - Richard Sharpe and the Talavera Campaign July 1809
by Bernard Cornwell
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0002219972
- ISBN 13
- 9780002219976
- Seller
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, 1981 Book. Very Good. Grey Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First novel in the series featuring Richard Sharpe's adventures in the war against Napoleon. 266pp. Gilt lettering to spine. Slight forward lean to spine, top edges dusty, some sunning and marking to edges and Ex Libris label to pastedown, otherwise very good copy. Unclipped DJ has slight edgewear and some indentations to front panel, otherwise very good..
Synopsis
Sharpe's Eagle is a historical novel by Bernard Cornwell. Set in July 1809 during the Peninsular War and featuring the Battle of Talavera it is the 8th (chronologically) in the Richard Sharpe Series. As the first of the series to be written the events in this novel do a great deal to establish Sharpe's legacy as a hero.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Washburn Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015945
- Title
- Sharpe's Eagle - Richard Sharpe and the Talavera Campaign July 1809
- Author
- Bernard Cornwell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0002219972
- ISBN 13
- 9780002219976
- Publisher
- William Collins Sons & Co Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1981
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
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