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1) Agincourt
Author
Language
English
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Description
After the siege of Soissons, Nicholas Hook, and English archer and outlaw, is enrolled in the archer company of the doughty Sir John Cornwaille, a leader of Henry V's army. Sickness and the unexpected French defiance at Harfleur reduce the once surperb army to near-shambolic condition. Henry stubbornly refuses to accept defeat and, in appealing weather, leads his shrunken force to what appears to be inevitable disaster-the Battle at Azincourt.
2) Stonehenge
Author
Publisher
HarperTorpe
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the tale of three brothers and of their rivalry that created the mysterious Stonehenge. One summer's day, a dying stranger carrying great wealth in gold comes to the settlement of Ratharryn.
The three sons of Ratharryn's chief each perceive the great gift in a different way. The eldest, Lengar, the warrior, harnesses his murderous ambition to be a ruler and take great power for his tribe. Camaban...
Author
Series
Richard Sharpe novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
The year is 1799, and Richard Sharpe is just beginning his military career. An inexperienced young private in His Majesty's service, Sharpe becomes part of an expedition to India to push the ruthless Tippoo of Mysore from his throne and drive out his French allies. To penetrate the Tippoo's city and make contact with a Scottish spy being held prisoner there, Sharpe has to pose as a deserter. Success will make him a sergeant, but failure will turn...
Author
Series
Richard Sharpe novels volume 7
Language
English
Description
History comes dangerously alive in this "New York Times" bestseller as Sharpe returns to the battlefields of the Iberian Peninsula, to battle against Napoleon's invasion.
Author
Series
Richard Sharpe novels volume 12
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
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Description
From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the twelth installment in the world-renowned Sharpe series, chronicling the rise of Richard Sharpe, a Private in His Majesty's Army at the siege of Seringapatam.
Quartered in a crumbling Portuguese fort, Richard Sharpe and his men are attacked by an elite French unit, led by an old enemy of Sharpe's, and suffer heavy losses.
The army's high command blame Sharpe for the disaster and his military...
Author
Series
Richard Sharpe novels volume 10
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
At the height of the 1810 battle of Bussaco, Captain Richard Sharpe finds himself separated from his company and lured into a trap from which he must escape in order to rejoin the conflict and stop French invaders at Lisbon.
Author
Series
Richard Sharpe novels volume 3
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Richard Sharpe is caught between the British army and a renegade Englishman holed up in a fortress with his own private soldiers, in a novel about the British troops and their struggle to take the Indian fortress of Mahattra in 1803.
10) Sharpe's Fury
Author
Series
Richard Sharpe novels volume 11
Publisher
HarperCollinsAudioBooks
Pub. Date
p2006
Language
English
Description
From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the eleventh installment in the world-renowned Sharpe series, chronicling the rise of Richard Sharpe, a Private in His Majesty's Army at the siege of Seringapatam. In the winter of 1811, the war seems lost. Spain has fallen to the French, except for Cadiz, now the Spanish capital and itself under siege. Inside the city walls an intricate diplomatic dance is taking place and Richard Sharpe faces...
11) Sharpe's Prey
Author
Series
Richard Sharpe novels volume 5
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2012, c2002
Language
English
Description
British regimental quartermaster--and swashbuckling hero--Richard Sharpe finds himself at odds with Captain John Lavisser, a traitor for the French, during an 1807 campaign by the British to destroy the Danish Navy before the French can add it to their fleet.
Author
Series
Richard Sharpe novels volume 22
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Lieutenant Colonel Richard Sharpe comes out of retirement to find his friend Don Blas Vivar, Captain-General of the Spanish colony of Chile.
Author
Language
English
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Description
"My name is Uhtred. I am the son of Uhtred, who was the son of Uhtred and his father was also called Uhtred ... The Last Kingdom is one of the most successful historical fiction series of our time. The novels tell the epic story of the birth of England and introduces one of the greatest ever fictional heroes: the iconic Uhtred of Bebbanburg, the Saxon-born, Norse-raised warrior and rebel. In this lively compendium, Bernard Cornwell revisits Uhtred's...
Author
Series
Grail Quest (Bernard Cornwell) volume 2
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Description
Young Archer sets out to avenge his family's honor on the battlefields of the Hundred Years' War and winds up on a quest for the Holy Grail.
Author
Series
Richard Sharpe novels volume 2
Publisher
HarperCollins Pub
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
Sergeant Richard Sharpe, the only survivor after a bloody attack at the hands of a mercenary army in the Mahratta Confederation, vows to avenge the deaths of his friends.
Author
Series
Richard Sharpe novels volume 3
Publisher
Perennial
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Richard Sharpe, newly promoted for his skill in assisting Sir Arthur Wellesley in the battle against the Mahratta, risks his honor, reputation, and fortune in his quest to thwart a treasonous scheme devised by his oldest nemesis Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill.
Author
Series
Richard Sharpe novels volume 4
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Richard Sharpe, fresh from his heroic adventures in India, faces a new enemy when the ship carrying him home is attacked by a fearsome French warship. With the help of a captain in the Royal Navy, Sharpe learns the French ship carries a treaty that could ignite renewed hostilities against the British in India. Now a fateful rendezvous is waiting in the waters off Cadiz.
Author
Series
Richard Sharpe novels volume 5
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Napoleon plans to rebuild his own smashed navy by capturing the powerful Danish fleet as a replacement. Sensing the danger, England dispatches guttersnipe-turned-lieutenant Richard Sharpe on a secret mission: help bribe Denmark to put its imperiled warships under British protection.
Author
Series
Richard Sharpe novels volume 5
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Combines the meticulous historical detail and fantastic battle scenes he's famous for with a plot that races at breakneck speed toward the final, bloody battle that threatens to destroy Copenhagen.