Sharpe's Rifles: Richard Sharpe and the French Invasion of Galicia, January 1809 Summary
Bernard Cornwell

Sharpe's Rifles: Richard Sharpe and the French Invasion of Galicia, January 1809 Summary

Sharpe's Rifles is a novel in a series that tells the stories of the daring adventures of British Army soldier Richard Sharpe. This novel is set early in the British involvement in the Peninsular War of the Napoleonic Wars of the nineteenth century. The story begins in the winter of 1809.

Don Blas Vivar leads a group of Spanish cavalry called Cazadores. They are being pursued by a French colonel commanding a...

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