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Books : Sharpe's Skirmish: Richard Sharpe and the Defence of the Tormes, August 1812 (Richard Sharpe Adventure)
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Sharpe's Skirmish: Richard Sharpe and the Defence of the Tormes, August 1812 (Richard Sharpe Adventure) by: Bernard Cornwell List Price: £4.50 CD-Charts Price: £4.28 You Save: £0.22 ( 5%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback EAN: 9780972222006 ISBN: 0972222006 Label: The Sharpe Appreciation Society Manufacturer: The Sharpe Appreciation Society Number Of Pages: 64 Publication Date: September 03, 2002 Publisher: The Sharpe Appreciation Society Studio: The Sharpe Appreciation Society Sales Rank: 3057 Related Items: Related Items:      see moreBrowse for similar items by category:
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 Rating:  - Nice short storiesIf you are a Sharpe fan, then this is a nice short story to add to the collection. However DO NOT expect this to be a novel, it's really just like a couple of chapters from a regular Sharpe novel. Saying that, Cornwell manages to get love, plot, betrayal and the obligatory battle into 64 pages! I would have felt short changed on value for money, but seems it's for charity, so won't complain. Rating:  - TO THE PREVIOUS POSTERS COMPLAINING...STOP COMPLAINING THAT THIS IS TOO SHORT AND WHAT IS BERNARD DOING WITH IT, This is the FIRST sharpe tale, written as a short story and never before published until this book, this is not new a new book, its a new publication of the very first sharpe story. Rating: - Short, but good.As with Sharpe's Christmas, Sharpe's skirmish was never meant to be sold.It was intended to be given for free with hardback copies of Sharpe'sFortress. Bernard Cornwell has since rewritten it. Its expensive but allprofits are split between "the sharpe appreciation society"- a historicalorganisation that studies Napoleonic battlefields & "the Bernard & JudyCornwell Foundation"- a childrens charity based in Cape Cod (Cornwell'snew home). The story itself is typical Sharpe- a tiny number of British troopscleverly decimate huge quantitites of French. It makes constant referenceto other books, most notably Sharpe's Fortress & so fits in nicely withthe series. I wouldn't recommend it to any but the most diehard Sharpefan, but I liked ... Read More: Rating:  - Poor ValueGood story, but only a stand alone chapter, not a book at all. Poor value at almost 8p per page. I used to buy Cornwall's books sight unseen, but I'll not be so trusting in future. Rating: - Too Small, OverpricedWhat is Mr. Cornwell doing, trying to sell this pamphlet for the price of a full novel? Did he not have time to write a book, so just published the synopsis... Grossly overpriced for its size, I was very disappointed when I opened the box from Amazon and found this inside... |
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