num_pages: 351
description: A classic Sharpe Richard Sharpe and the Defence of Portugal, Christmas 1812 Newly promoted, Major Richard Sharpe leads his small force into the biting cold of the winter mountains. His task is to rescue a group of well-born women held hostage by a rabble of deserters. And one of the renegades is Sergeant Hakeswill, Sharpe's most implacable enemy. But the rescue is the least of Sharpe's problems. He must face a far greater threat. With only the support of his own company and the new Rocket Troop -- the last word in military incompetence -- to back his gamble, Sharpe cannot afford even to recognize the prospect of defeat. For to surrender -- or to fail -- would mean the end of the war for the Allied armies! The Complete Sharpe Collection
language: English
title: Sharpe's Enemy
titlecomplete: Sharpe's Enemy (Sharpe, #15)
characters: Pierre Ducos, William Frederickson, Teresa Moreno, Josefina LaCosta, Richard Sharpe, Obadiah Hakeswill, Patrick Harper
genres: Fiction, Military History, British Literature, Action, Historical, War, Historical Fiction, Adventure, Military Fiction, Audiobook
ratings_count: 9263
places: Portugal
series: Sharpe, Richard Sharpe
publisher: Viking Press