Sharpe's Gold
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First edition
The War was lost; not finished, but lost. Everyone knew it, from Generals of Division to the whores of Lisbon: that the British were trapped, trussed, ready for cooking, and all Europe waited for the master chef himself, Bonaparte, to cross the mountains and put his finishing touch to the roast. Then, to ass insult to imminent defeat, it seemed that the small British army was not worthy of the great Bonaparte's attention. The war was lost. FIRST EDITION of Cornwell's second
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