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  • Sharpe's Gold: The Destruction of Almeida, August 1810

  • The Sharpe Series, Book 9
  • Written by: Bernard Cornwell
  • Narrated by: Rupert Farley
  • Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (67 ratings)

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Sharpe's Gold: The Destruction of Almeida, August 1810

Written by: Bernard Cornwell
Narrated by: Rupert Farley
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Publisher's Summary

*SHARPE’S COMMAND, the brand new novel in the global bestselling series, is available to pre-order now*

Spain, August 1810

The English army faces ruin in Spain – and the Duke of Wellington is desperate for money to fund the war. Only a cache of hidden Spanish gold can save them. And only Captain Richard Sharpe has the cunning to capture it.

In the treacherous terrain of the Portuguese hills, with rain sweeping the peninsula, a powerful guerrilla leader holds possession of the gold. And risking everything for the ultimate prize – for his honour, for his army’s fate – is Sharpe . . .

‘A master storyteller’ DAILY TELEGRAPH

©1981 Bernard Cornwell (P)2014 HarperCollins Publishers Limited
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What the critics say

‘Sharpe and his creator are national treasures.' Sunday Telegraph

'Bernard Cornwell is a literary miracle. Year after year, hail, rain, snow, war and political upheavals fail to prevent him from producing the most entertaining and readable historical novels of his generation.' Daily Mail

'Cornwell's narration is quite masterly and supremely well-researched.' Observer

‘The best battle scenes of any writer I’ve ever read, past or present. Cornwell really makes history come alive.’ George R.R. Martin

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great story

yet another great re telling in a series of greats storys. Richard Sharpe is one heck of an adventurer.

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Perfection

A perfect marriage of story and reader. It simply doesn't get better. This applies to all of the Sharpe novels read by Farley

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Bad buffering

The story and reading itself is immaculate, Rupert Farley does an amazing job at keeping the listener interested.
However the only reason I gave it 3 stars is because throughout the chapters it would stop every couple of minutes as if it is buffering. It did this while connected ri WiFi as well which got irritating quite easily having to pause and let it catch up every so often.

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