Sharpe's Escape [electronic resource] : The Bussaco Campaign, 1810
Cornwell, Bernard2009
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Sharpe's Escape [electronic resource] : The Bussaco Campaign, 1810 / Bernard Cornwell
Author:
Cornwell, Bernard, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : HarperCollins Publishers, 2009
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Series:
Sharpe
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Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Bernard Cornwell was born in London, raised in Essex and worked for the BBC for eleven years before meeting Judy, his American wife. Denied an American work permit he wrote a novel instead and has been writing ever since. He and Judy divide their time between Cape Cod and Charleston, South Carolina.
ISBN:
9780007338658
Language:
English
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BRN:
2787269
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