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"A rousing read."Booklist

An honored veteran of the Napoleonic Wars, Lt. Col. Richard Sharpe is drawn into a
deadly battle, both on land and on the high seas.

In 1820, Richard Sharpe has become a peaceful farmer following Waterloo, but comes
out of retirement to undertake a perilous mission. He must find Don Blas Vivar,
Captain-General of the Spanish colony of Chile and an old friend, who vanished without
a trace half a world away.

With intrepid Irishman Patrick Harper at his side, Sharpe embarks on a dangerous
journey that carries him first to an unexpected interview with Napoleon, then on to Chile,
a land seething with corruption and revolt. But when fortune delivers him into the hands
of Lord Cochrane, the legendary rebel genius, the real battle erupts. On land and at sea,
Sharpe faces impossible odds, not only against finding Vivar, but against surviving in a
time when tyranny rules, injustice aboundsand Napoleon lurks on the horizon, itching
to rekindle the world in a blaze of war.

Bernard Cornwell was born in London. He worked for the BBC and Thames Television before coming to the United States to write full time. He lives with his wife on Cape Cod.

Frederick Davidson is a recipient of the Golden Voices Award and numerous Earphones Awards. After performing for years in many BBC radio plays, he came to America in 1976. He has narrated more than eight hundred audiobooks.