Sharpe's Escape (Sharpe Series #10) » (Unabridged)

Bernard Cornwell, “the reigning king of historical fiction” (USA Today), is the author of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller Agincourt; the bestselling Saxon Tales, which include The Last Kingdom, The Pale Horseman, Lords of the North, Sword Song, and, most recently, The Burning Land; and the Richard Sharpe novels, among many others. He lives with his wife on Cape Cod.

1810, the French make another attempt to invade Portugal. Facing them is a wasted land, stripped of food by Wellington's orders, and Captain Sharpe. But Sharpe is in trouble. He has made a new enemy...

The Washington Post - Michael Dirda

It's dryly witty, violent, highly melodramatic, briskly written and an altogether rousing tale of revenge and derring-do.