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“ROUSING MILITARY HISTORY, PENETRATING CHARACTER ANALYSIS,
AND SUSPENSEFUL MARTIAL INTRIGUE”: CORNWELL’S “SHARPE NOVELS,” EACH SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

CORNWELL, Bernard. Sharpe’s Eagle. WITH: Sharpe’s Gold. WITH: Sharpe’s Company. WITH: Sharpe’s Sword. WITH: Sharpe’s Enemy. WITH: Sharpe’s Honour. WITH: Sharpe’s Regiment. WITH: Sharpe’s Siege. WITH: Sharpe’s Rifles. WITH: Sharpe’s Revenge. WITH: Sharpe’s Waterloo. WITH: Sharpe’s Devil. WITH: Sharpe’s Battle. WITH: Sharpe’s Tiger. WITH: Sharpe’s Triumph. WITH: Sharpe’s Fortress. WITH: Sharpe’s Trafalgar. WITH: Sharpe’s Prey. WITH: Sharpe’s Havoc. WITH: Sharpe’s Escape. WITH: Sharpe’s Fury. London: Collins and HarperCollins, 1981-2006. Together, 21 volumes. Octavo, original cloth, original dust jackets.

First editions of Cornwell’s historical novels starring his popular character, Richard Sharpe, each volume signed by Cornwell on the title page.

Cornwell  “had a successful career in television but, when he met the woman he wanted to marry? had to leave it all to join her in America. Refused a Green Card, he reassured her that he would support them both by writing historical novels—an ambition he’d held for years but had yet to realize. On the strength of the first book he was offered a contract for an entire series” (BBC). Set largely during battles and campaigns, both real and fictional, in the Napoleonic Wars, Cornwell’s novels served as the basis for a successful series of television films starring Sean Bean. “An irresistible combination of rousing military history, penetrating character analysis and suspenseful martial intrigue” (Booklist).

An exceptional set of volumes, each in fine or about-fine condition, each signed by the author.