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In an Age of Heroes and Death Before Dishonor, One Man Stands Above the Rest. The year is 1812. Captain Richard Sharpe has one mission: to thwart Napoleon's dreams of empire. To accomplish that goal, Sharpe and the fighting men of the Light Company must seize the fortress of Badajoz, which looms on the border of Portugal and Spain. As the French and English wage bloody battles, Sharpe learns that the stakes have suddenly become personal. For trapped inside the fortress are his beloved Teresa and infant daughter. And even as he risks his life to rescue them, he must protect himself from a fellow officer determined to destroy him....Cornwell, Bernard is the author of 'Sharpe's Company The Siege of Badajoz', published 2004 under ISBN 9780451213426 and ISBN 0451213424.
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