Sharpe's Triumph
Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Assaye, September 1803 (Richard Sharpe's Adventure Series #2)
About this book
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 Corwell's books bestsellers around the world.
Richard Sharpe · 24 books
In publication order- Sharpe's Fortress 1998
- Sharpe's Triumph 1998 This book
- Sharpe's Skirmish 1999
- Sharpe's Trafalgar 2000
Subjects
- assaye, battle of, assaye, india, 1803
- britanniques
- british
- british occupation, 1765-1947
- british occupation of india (1765-1947) fast (uri) http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01352145
- fiction
- fiction, historical
- fiction, historical, general
- fiction, war & military
- great britain
- great britain. army
- great britain, fiction
- guerre marathe, 1803
- histoire
- histoire militaire
- historical fiction
- history
- india, fiction
- india, history, british occupation, 1765-1947, fiction
- maratha war, 1803
- military history
- richard sharpe (fictitious character)
- romans, nouvelles
- sharpe, richard (fictitious character), fiction
- soldiers
- war stories