SHARPE'S GOLD. RICHARD SHARPE AND THE DESTRUCTION OF ALMEIDA, AUGUST 1810.

London: Collins, 1981. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title-page. Dust jacket shows price of £6.95 net. A crisp, clean copy likely never read. This is the second in Cornwell's series of Richard Sharpe's adventures. It is the successor to "Sharpe's Eagle" written in the same year. The year is 1810, Napoleon's troops are poised to enter Portugal. Wellington needs funds to pay his army so he sends Captain Sharpe behind enemy lines to recover gold abandoned by the Spanish junta. Jacket illusration by Tony Kerins. 250pp. . First English Editiion. Avocado Green Cloth.. Fine./Fine.. Octavo.