Sharpe's Triumph

Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Assaye, September 1803

Paperback, 304 pages

English language

Published July 24, 2000 by HarperCollins.

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978-0-06-095197-9
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E-book Extras: Bernard Cornwell On: The Origin of Richard Sharpe; Sharpe's Adventures; Sharpe's Trafalgar.The next installment in Bernard Cornwell’s wildly popular Sharpe series.Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Assaye, September 1803It is India, 1803. In the four years since he earned his sergeant's stripes, young Richard Sharpe has led a relatively peaceful existence. But Sharpe's reverie ends when he barely survives a murderous act of treason by a bitter English officer who has joined the mercenary forces of the Mahratta confederation, determined to drive the British from the continent. Vowing to hunt down the turncoat, Sharpe plunges headlong into the white-hot battle of Assaye alongside Sir Arthur Wellesley -- the future of Duke of Wellington -- in the fiercest fight of his career. Sharpe's Triumph is a riveting story of betrayal and revenge that showcases the deft blend of suspenseful military adventure and sweeping historical detail that has made Bernard …

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Subjects

  • War & Military
  • Historical - General
  • Fiction - Historical
  • Fiction
  • Military - General
  • Fiction / Historical
  • Assaye (India), Battle of, 1803
  • Maratha War, 1803