Sharpe's Trafalgar : Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Trafalgar, October 21, 1805 / Bernard Cornwell.
Series: Publication details: London, UK : Harper, 2000.Description: 372 p. ; 18 cmISBN:- 9780007235162
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First published 2000.
"In which Ensign Richard Sharpe, traveling home aboard the Revenant, meets Admiral Nelson and his fleet on what was a calm October day off Cape Trafalgar"--Cover.
The year is 1805, and the Calliope, with Richard Sharpe aboard, is captured by a formidable French warship, the Revenant, which has been terrorizing British nautical traffic in the Indian Ocean. The French warship races toward the safety of its own fleet, carrying a stolen treaty that could provoke India into a new war against the British -- and render for naught all that Sharpe has bravely fought for till now. But help comes from an unexpected quarter. An old friend, a captain in the Royal Navy, is on the trail of the Revenant, and Sharpe comes aboard a 74-gun man-of-war called Pucelle in hot pursuit. What results is a breathtaking retelling of one of the most ferocious and one-sided sea battles in European history, in which Nelson -- and Sharpe -- vanquish the combined naval might of France and Spain at Trafalgar.
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