Sharpe’s Escape: The Bussaco Campaign, 1810 (The Sharpe Series, Book 10)

*SHARPE’S COMMAND, the brand new novel in the global bestselling series, is available to pre-order now* Portugal, 1811 Captain Richard Sharpe’s renegade ways leave him discarded by his regiment and waging a war against a private Portuguese enemy – one fought through the burning, pillaged streets of Coimbra. Forced to retreat across treacherous terrain, the British army prepare vast defences at the Lines of Torres Vedras – their greatest secret and their last hope of stopping the French reaching Lisbon. And risking everything to re-join his regiment, and lead the army into battle once more, is Sharpe . . . ‘A master storyteller’ DAILY TELEGRAPH Sharpe's Escape, by Sunday Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, is a riveting historical fiction that plunges readers into a world of military action and adventure. The author's masterful storytelling transports us to the burning streets of Coimbra and the vast defences at the Lines of Torres Vedras. For fans of Simon Scarrow (Eagles of the Empire I, II, and III), Ken Follett (A Column of Fire), Ben Kane (Hunting the Eagles), Matthew Harffy (Killer of Kings), and Julian Stockwin (The Baltic Prize).