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Bernard Cornwell | 384 pages | 15 Sep 2011 | HarperCollins Publishers | 9780007425808 | English | , United Kingdom Sharpe (novel series) - Wikipedia

Sharpe is a series of stories by centered on the character of Richard Sharpe. Cornwell's series is composed of many novels and several short stories, and charts Sharpe's progress in the during the . He begins in Sharpe's Tiger as a in the 33rd Regiment of Foot who becomes a sergeant by the end Book 2) the book; he is an in the 74th September 1803 (the Sharpe Series during Sharpe's Trafalgar who is transferred to the newly formed 95th Rifles as a second . He is gradually promoted through the ranks, finally becoming a in Sharpe's Waterloo. Sharpe is born to a whore in the rookeries of London, and the stories dramatize his struggle for acceptance and respect from his fellow officers and Book 2) the men whom he commands. He is made an officeran ensignwhen he saves the life of his commanding officer, Arthur Wellesley the future Duke of Wellingtonduring the Battle of Assaye in India. It is a mixed blessing, as he constantly has to fight class prejudice in an army where an officer's rank is often purchased without regard to qualification. He is an experienced soldier, unlike many Sharpes Triumph: The Battle of Assaye the officers with whom he serves. His adventures result in his improbable presence at nearly every important battle of the British Empire at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th centuries. Sharpe is described as "brilliant but wayward" in Sharpe's Swordand he is September 1803 (the Sharpe Series by the author as a "loose cannon". He is a highly skilled leader of light troops who takes part in a range of historical events during the Napoleonic Wars and other conflicts, including the . He is considered dangerous to have Book 2) an enemy; he is a skilled marksman and grows to be a good swordsman. The books were published in non-chronological September 1803 (the Sharpe Series, but in most Sharpes Triumph: The Battle of Assaye them he is a rifle officer armed with a Heavy Cavalry Sword and Sharpes Triumph: The Battle of Assaye Baker riflealthough he has also acquired a pistol by Sharpe's Waterloo. He is described as being six feet tall with an angular, tanned face, long black hair, and blue eyes. His most obvious physical characteristic is a deep scar on his right cheek which pulls at his right eye, giving his face a mocking expression when relaxed; this disappears when he smiles, which is not too frequently. By the end of the series, he has had two wives and three children. Cornwell enjoyed C. Forester 's Horatio Hornblower novels, which depict a officer's career. When he September 1803 (the Sharpe Series not find a similar series for the British Armyhe decided to write it himself. While he struggled to come up with a name as distinctive as Horatio Hornblower, he used a placeholder based on the rugby union player Richard Sharp ; eventually, he kept it, just adding an "e". played Sharpe in the British television series Sharpe. Cornwell was so impressed with Bean's portrayal that he expanded Sharpe's backstory to have him growing up in Yorkshire to account for Bean's accent. The author also avoided further mention of Sharpe's black hair Bean's hair being light brown. Richard Sharpe is born in London circa 26 June he believes that he may September 1803 (the Sharpe Series 22 during the early months of to a prostitute residing in "Cat Lane", and a French smuggler. When Sharpe is three, his mother is killed in the Gordon Riotsleaving him an orphan. With no other known relatives to claim him, Sharpe is deposited in Jem Hocking's foundling September 1803 (the Sharpe Series at Brewhouse Lane, Wappingwhere he spends his days picking his assigned quota of oakum. He is malnourished and regularly beaten, resulting in his being undersized for his age. Because of this, he is eventually sold to a master chimney sweep to train as an apprentice at the relatively late age of Fearing the high mortality rate among apprentice sweeps who are forced to climb inside chimneys and remove the soot by handSharpe flees to the Rookery slum of St Gilesand is taken in by prostitute and later bar owner Maggie Joyce. He stays under Maggie's protection for three years, learning various forms of thieving. After killing a gang leader during a fight over Maggie, he escapes from London to Yorkshire at the age of fifteen by creating this back story, Bernard Cornwell made the actor Sean Bean's Yorkshire accent part of the canon of the series. Book 2) is possible that Sharpe learned to play cricket in Yorkshire, as in Sharpe's Waterloo the Duke of Wellington attests that Sharpes Triumph: The Battle of Assaye bowls fiendish". Within six months of his arrival in Yorkshire, Sharpe kills a second man, the landlord of the tavern where he is working, in a fight over a local girl. To avoid arrest, Sharpe takes the " King's shilling ", joining the 33rd Footas a result of the blandishments of recruiting sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill. The regiment popularly known as "The Havercakes", due to the oatcake the recruiting sergeants display on their bayonets to attract hungry potential recruits is first sent to Flanders inwhere Sharpe fights in his first battle, at Boxtel. The next year, he and his regiment are posted to India under the command of the British . InSharpe is sentenced to 2, lashes effectively a death sentence for striking a sergeant, with the connivance of his company commander, Captain Charles Morrisbut is released after only by executive order Sharpe's Tiger. They join the Tippoo Sultan 's army, posing as British deserters, but are later exposed and imprisoned. Lawford teaches Sharpe to read and write whilst they languish in the Tippoo's Book 2). Sharpe escapes during the Siege of Seringapatam and destroys a mine meant to devastate the British army. He then kills the Tippoo Sultan unobserved and steals a fortune of jewels from the corpse. He is promoted to sergeant for his efforts. Sharpe serves four uneventful years as a September 1803 (the Sharpe Series. Inhe is the sole September 1803 (the Sharpe Series of a massacre of the garrison of a small fort carried out by a turncoat Company officer, William Dodd Sharpe's Triumph. As a result, he is taken by McCandless on September 1803 (the Sharpe Series mission to identify and capture Dodd. Their search takes them first to the siege of Ahmednuggur and Book 2) the Battle of Assaye. When Wellesley's orderly is killed in the early stages of the battle, Sharpe takes his place, and so is at September 1803 (the Sharpe Series when Wellesley is unhorsed alone and among the enemy. Sharpe single-handedly saves the general's life, killing numerous enemy soldiers and holding the rest at bay until help finally arrives. He Book 2) rewarded with a battlefield commission for this act of bravery and joins the 74th Regiment as an ensign. Both Sharpe and his new colleagues find it difficult to adjust to Sharpe's new status and role, and his superiors in the 74th arrange for him to be transferred to the newly formed 95th Rifles Regiment. Before leaving India, he takes part September 1803 (the Sharpe Series the assault on Gawilghurcommanding troops in action for the first time. Once inside the fortress, Sharpe finally confronts Dodd and kills him, receiving a scar on his right cheek Sharpe's Fortress. While travelling from India to England to take up his post in the 95th Rifles, inSharpe is caught up in the Battle of Trafalgarhis first direct encounter with and its European allies as an Infantry officer. On the journey he also meets and falls in love with Lady Grace Hale, the wife of a politician Sharpe's Trafalgar. Grace sets up home with Sharpe at Shorncliffebut dies giving birth to their child, who survives her by only a few hours. Sharpe's fortune is assumed by the lawyers to be part of Grace's estate and seized. Sharpe falls into a deep depression, worsened by conflict with other officers in the Rifles, who relegate September 1803 (the Sharpe Series to the role of quartermasterand leave him behind when the regiment is posted to the Baltic in Sharpe, unable to sell his commission, plans to desert. He returns to Wapping to rob and kill Jem Hocking, the abusive master of the foundling home where Sharpe was raised. Before Sharpe can disappear with the stolen cash, he encounters General Bairda former colleague from India, who recruits him to protect John Lavisser, a Foreign Office agent sent to negotiate with the Danish Crown Book 2). Lavisser betrays Sharpe, and forces him into hiding in Copenhagenwhere he witnesses the bombardment of the city and the British capture of the Danish fleet Sharpe's Prey. In Sharpe's PreySharpe is now referred to as a second lieutenant because, as a light infantry unit of the British army, there are no Colours and thus no ensigns in the Rifles. Sharpe is now a lieutenant in the 95th Rifles, having been promoted, most likely thanks to seniority. This view is further supported by the promotion of Warren Dunnett. This means that the old of the Second Battalion in the 95th Rifles died in Dunnett, being the senior captain, took his place. The senior lieutenant Sharpes Triumph: The Battle of Assaye the battalion became a captain and Sharpe, as the senior September 1803 (the Sharpe Series lieutenant, became a lieutenant. The promotion takes place after Sharpe's Preybut before Sharpe's Rifles. By earlySharpe is in with the 95th Rifles, undertaking the terrible hardships of the rearguard of the retreat to Corunna. Captain Murray is mortally wounded during the battle, and leaves his heavy cavalry sword Sharpes Triumph: The Battle of Assaye Sharpe, giving him his signature weapon used in Book 2) the subsequent books. Cut off from the main body of the army, he is forced to take command of a handful of surviving but mutinous riflemen including Patrick Harperwhile protecting Book 2) small party of English missionaries and assisting Spanish partisans in the temporary liberation of the city of Sharpe's Rifles. Sharpe's surviving riflemen that began the retreat to Corunna were:. Some riflemen were awarded the rank of Chosen Sharpes Triumph: The Battle of Assaye. Chosen Men were the Napoleonic era's equivalent of today's lance corporal. The rank was unofficial insomuch as it was used only within the company, with commanding officers able to promote and demote at will September 1803 (the Sharpe Series who were chosen to wear the single white armband which denoted Chosen Men. They were usually spared ordinary duties, and often went on to become NCOs. In the Sharpe television seriesthe rank of Chosen Man is used to denote a special unit within the company, where all the riflemen September 1803 (the Sharpe Series Chosen Men. After making their way to Portugal, and taking part in the Battle of the DouroSharpe and his surviving 30 riflemen are attached to the Light Company of the South Essex Regiment a fictional regiment as part of Wellesley's Peninsula Army. Some of the men Sharpe commanded in the South Essex are:. As well as the South EssexSharpe found himself commanding another regiment. The Royal American 60th Riflesunder the command of Captain William Fredricksonoften has Sharpe's company attached for additional support. Sharpe takes part in a number of notable actions, either with the South Essex, or on detached duty for Major Michael HoganWellesley's head of intelligence. These include the capture of a at the inand storming of the breaches at Badajoz. Over this period, he rises in rank from lieutenant through captain to majoreventually taking unofficial command of the entire regiment. In parallel, Sharpe's friend and colleague, Harper, rises from rifleman to regimental sergeant major. His intelligence work for Hogan and Wellesley brings him the long-lasting enmity of the fictional French spymaster Pierre Ducoswho conspires several times to destroy Sharpe's career, reputation and life. Sharpe possibly appears in Simon Scarrow 's The Fields of Deathalthough his surname is not confirmed. A major in the 95th Rifles called Richard and who, "unusually for an officer Prior to the Battle of WaterlooSharpe is appointed aide to the Prince of Orange and is promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel. Disgusted by the Prince's dangerous incompetence during the course of the battle, Sharpe deserts his post after making an attempt on the prince's lifebut comes to the aid of his old regiment, the Prince of Wales Own Volunteers formerly the South Essexsteadying the line and preventing a French breakthrough. Wellesley then gives him command of the unit for the remainder of the battle Sharpe's Waterloo. In Sharpe, now retired and living as a farmer in Normandyis commissioned by the Countess of Mouromorto to find her husband, Don Blas Vivar, who has disappeared in the Spanish colony of Chile ; both she and her husband had encountered Sharpe induring the events leading up to the assault on Santiago de Compostella. En route Sharpe finally meets Napoleonin exile on St Helena. During the earliest chronological books Sharpe is a redcoated Private and later Sergeant, and so his uniform and weapons largely are in line with Army regulations. His first sword and officer's sash are taken from the dead in the wake of the battle of Assaye, September 1803 (the Sharpe Series no specifics are given on the weapon. By the time of September 1803 (the Sharpe Series Prey as a junior Rifle officer, although carrying a regulation curved sabre, Sharpe has begun carrying a as well, and is noted to prefer a heavier sword like the cutlass used by the Navy. In Sharpe's Rifles Sharpe acquires his signature weapon, a Heavy Cavalry Swordand clothing for the first time. Captain Murray, mortally wounded in the Corunna retreat, leaves his Heavy Cavalry sword to Sharpe who had broken his own sword in the battle. In the final battle of the novel Harper kills a French Chasseur, and Sharpe takes his overalls and boots which he wears with his Rifleman's green jacket from then on. Sharpe's Triumph (Sharpe, #2) by Bernard Cornwell

Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Sharpes Triumph: The Battle of Assaye saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Preview — Sharpe's Triumph by Bernard Cornwell. Sergeant Richard Sharpe witnesses a murderous act of treachery by an English Book 2) who has defected from the East India Company to join the mercenary army of the Mahratta Confederation. In the hunt for the renegade Englishman, penetrates deep into the enemy's territory where he faces temptations more sub Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Assaye, September India, In the hunt for the renegade Englishman, penetrates deep into the enemy's territory where he faces temptations more subtle than he has ever dreamed of. And behind him, relentlessly stalking him, comes his worst enemy, the baleful, twitching Sergeant Sharpes Triumph: The Battle of Assaye Hakeswill who is determined to break Sharpe once and for all. The paths of treachery all lead to the small village of Assaye where Sir Arthur Wellesley, with a tiny British army, faces Book 2) Mahratta Sharpes Triumph: The Battle of Assaye. Outnumbered and outgunned, Wellesley decides to fight, and Sharpe is plunged into the white heat of a battle that will Sharpes Triumph: The Battle of Assaye Wellesley's reputation. It will make Sharpe's name to, but only if he can survive the carnage and killing frenzy, for it is at Assaye that Book 2) at last realizes his ambition and has a chance to seize it. This major new novel will follow the adventures of Richard Sharpe in India, begun so excitingly in Sharpe's Tiger and culminating in the Battle of Assaye, which Wellington considered his greatest victory. Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. Published October 23rd by Harper Paperbacks first published More Details Sharpe 2Richard Sharpe AssayeIndia. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Sharpe's Triumphplease sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Sharpe's Triumph Sharpe, 2. Jun 27, Jason Koivu September 1803 (the Sharpe Series it really liked it Shelves: fictionhistorical-fictionwar. A few years back I read most of Bernard Cornwell's action-packed serial adventure series on the Napoleonic Wars. I read through to what felt like a fairly satisfactory end and then I quit for a few years. Recently I noticed I still had about a half dozen books to go, and so when I came across Sharpe's Triumphthe second book in the series and the first I hadn't read yet, I figured it was time to get reacquainted with an old friend. It's so good to be back with Ol' Sharpie! Richard Sharpe was an orphan from the London workhouses. He's a tough fighter, who escapes life-threatening danger time and again through wit, bravery Book 2) brawn. Mostly he wins by kicking ass, sometimes literally. However, at the start of the series, he's a lowly private in the army, who's never seen action. Reading about how he became who he eventually became was answered in book one to a small extent, but Cornwell went a step farther with it in book two. Having seen the tv show starring Sean Bean based on these books, I knew how lowly Sgt Sharpe became an officer. That is a very big deal, Sharpes Triumph: The Battle of Assaye someone born to such a low station in life as Sharpe Book 2) not generally rise into the officer ranks. That's just not how the British army worked back then. It took an incredibly stupid brave act of daring to rise from the rank and file to become an officer. You basically had to step to the very edge of suicide and survive to make it happen. Sharpe's feat in this regard is detailed within this book and it differs slightly from how it was portrayed on the tv show. Nice Book 2) finally get that cleared up. Book one felt quite strange to me, probably because it is set in India and most all of the others are set in Europe, usually Spain or France. Book two is also set in India, but it definitely feels more like a standard Sharpe book. Sharpes Triumph: The Battle of Assaye that's because there are huge set-piece battles led by Arthur Wellesley, aka the Duke of Wellington. I haven't read these books in order, which is perhaps wrong of me since they follow a chronological order. But then Sharpes Triumph: The Battle of Assaye, Cornwell didn't write these in order, so if he's not going to lead by example, how am I suppose to follow? Damn it, I demand authorial leadership! I kid. I'm honestly just happy he wrote these at all. It's been an absolute pleasure reading about Sharpe's adventures. View 2 comments. Read a book set in a place you've never been but want to visit. I love this series of books. I love the characters, the action, the adventure. They are so much fun. This is the second installment of Cornwell's India trilogy, and takes place 4 years after Sharpe's Tiger leaves off. Dick Sharpe has become a sergeant in the King's army and he's been laying low, kinda quietly living off the wealth he acquired when he killed Sharpes Triumph: The Battle of Assaye Tipoo Sultan of Seringpatam. When an officer of the East India Company g Read a book set in a place you've never been but want to visit. When an officer of the East India Company goes rogue and commands a mass slaughter of every man, woman, and child in a neighboring company, Sharpe is the only one who lives to tell the tale, and sees his face. He is recruited by his friend Colonel McCandless, head of intelligence for the East India Company, to seek out the traitor and destroy him. Of course, anything that involves showing honor and courage, and fighting manly fights with his bare hands is something Sharpe is a master at. I breezed through this is a few days and learned quite a lot about this time period and about the politics and history of India, a country I am fascinated with. I chose this book for my challenge because I have always wanted to visit India. I have an aunt who spent a great deal of time there during the British Occupation and was going to take me for my high school graduation when the British left India and everything went to hell in a handbasket. So, it's kinda on my bucket list. Cornwell is very meticulous about his historical accuracy in his novels, and I applaud him for that. Most of the officers in this novel are in fact based upon real officers like General Arthur Wellesley, the future Duke of Wellington who fought in the legendary Battle of Assaye which serves as the setting for the second half of this novel. I thought all of the Book 2) sequences were engaging and fun, and I thought it was fascinating to September 1803 (the Sharpe Series about the inner workings and politics involved in the military and in war at that time. And Cornwell's characters are so dynamic and consistent, and I felt as if I were reading about real people. I September 1803 (the Sharpe Series gave the books to my dad who gobbled them all up. I think I September 1803 (the Sharpe Series this one slightly more than Sharpe's Tiger but overall both were extremely enjoyable. There is a smokin hot action scene at the end where I am just dying to see Jason Statham on the big screen kicking ass and taking names. Because that's what Sharpe does. View all 10 comments. This volume was written as part of prequels written about the Main Character, Richard Sharpe. Plot summary Sharpe has now been promoted to sergeant and been reassigned to a battalion of the East India Company. While on a mission to buy stolen ammunition, he witnesses the mass murder of soldiers and civilians alike. He is tasked by Colonel McCandless, his prison m 3. He is tasked by Colonel McCandless, his prison mate from the previous book, to track down the Sharpes Triumph: The Battle of Assaye of the mercenary group that killed the innocent English subjects. The Good Cornwell writes excellent battle scenes. The action occurs quickly and you can almost taste the tang of gun powder in the air. The battle of Assaye as well as several other skirmishes are well described. Richard Sharpe continues to be a well developed character. He is an enjoyable anti-hero type character. While he fights for the British with some conviction, he is Sharpes Triumph: The Battle of Assaye afraid to fight, kill or steal from those he considers to be evil or unscrupulous. Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe Books in Chronological Order

The paths of treachery all lead to the small village of Assaye. Outnumbered and outgunned, Wellesley, with a diminished British army, plunges his men into the white heat of battle. A battle that will make his reputation, and perhaps Sharpe's too. Soldier, hero, rogue - Sharpe is the man you always want on your side. Born in poverty, he joined the army to escape jail and climbed the ranks by sheer brutal courage. He knows no other family than the regiment of the 95th Rifles whose green jacket he proudly wears. Ensign Richard Sharpe, newly made an officer, wishes he had stayed a sergeant after he is put in terrible danger by Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill at the impregnable Gawilghur's ravine. To regain his confidence and his September 1803 (the Sharpe Series, Sharpe will fight as he has never fought before. Richard Sharpe avoids the tyrannical Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill and endeavours to rescue a British officer from under the nose of the Tippoo of Mysore. But in fleeing Hakeswill, Sharpe enters the exotic and dangerous world of the Tippoo. An adventure that will require all of his wits just to stay alive, let alone save the British army from catastrophe. Richard Sharpe, travelling home aboard the 'Revenant', meets Admiral Nelson and his fleet, on what was a calm October day off Cape September 1803 (the Sharpe Series. Richard Sharpe is sent to to deliver a bribe to stop the Danes handing over possession of their battle fleet to the French. It seems very easy. But nothing is easy in a Europe stirred by French ambitions. The September 1803 (the Sharpe Series possess Book 2) battle fleet that could replace every ship the French lost at Trafalgar, and Book 2) forces are gathering to take it. The British have to stop them, while the Danes insist on remaining neutral. Dragged into a war of spies and brutality, Sharpe finds that he is a sacrificial pawn. Lieutenant Richard Sharpe and a detachment of riflemen join the assault of a strong French force holding the Holy City of Santiago de Compostela. Lieutenant Richard Sharpes Triumph: The Battle of Assaye and a detachment of Riflemen are cut off from the rest of the army and surrounded. Their only hope of escape is to accept the help of the Spanish, but this assistance comes at a price: to join the assault on the holy city of Santiago de Compostela, held by a strong French force. Sharpe is stranded behind enemy lines, but he has Patrick Harper, his riflemen, and he has the assistance of a young, idealistic Portuguese officer. When he is joined by the future Duke of Wellington they Sharpes Triumph: The Battle of Assaye mount a counter-attack and Sharpe, having been the hunted, becomes the hunter once more. The newly promoted Captain Richard Sharpe clashes with an incompetent colonel, leads his men in the battle of Talavera and earns himself a dangerous enemy. As Sharpe leads his men in to battle, he knows he must Book 2) for the honour of the regiment and his future career. He knows no other family than the regiment of the 95th Rifles. Captain Sharpe's task is to recover from a feared guerilla leader the gold Wellington so desperately needs. The enemy he faces strikes terror into the hearts of all around - a renegade guerilla band whose leader has a particular loathing for Sharpe, who has stolen his woman. Richard Sharpe, with enemies on every side, survives Marshall Massena's Sharpes Triumph: The Battle of Assaye and ends at the lines of Torres Vedras. Sharpe's job as Captain of the Light Company is under threat and he has made a new enemy, a Portuguese criminal known as Ferragus. Discarded by his regiment, Sharpe wages a private war against Ferragus - a war fought through the burning, pillaged streets of Coimbra, Portugal's ancient university city. Captain Sharpe has to protect a philandering diplomat and, deserted by his ally, faces the enemy. In the winter ofthe war seems lost. Spain has fallen to the French, except for Cadiz, now the Spanish capital and itself under siege. Inside the city walls an intricate diplomatic dance is taking place and Richard Sharpe faces more than one enemy. The small British force is trapped by a French army, and their only hope lies with the outnumbered redcoats outside refusing to admit defeat. Richard Sharpe is fighting for his Irish battalion and his own honour through the blood-stained streets of the town. Quartered in a crumbling Portuguese fort, Richard Sharpe Sharpes Triumph: The Battle of Assaye his men are attacked by an elite French unit, led by an old enemy of September 1803 (the Sharpe Series, and suffer heavy losses. The army's high command blame Sharpe for the disaster and his military career seems to be ruined. His only hope is to redeem himself on the battlefield. Captain Richard Sharpe has to lead the attack on the terrible fortress. It is a hard winter. For Richard Sharpe it is the worst he can remember. He has lost command to a man who could buy the promotion Sharpe covets. His oldest enemy, the ruthless and indestructible Hakes will, joins the regiment and he is a man with a mission to ruin Sharpe. But Sharpe is determined to change his luck. The only way - a desperate choice - is to volunteer the Forlorn Hope, to lead the attack on the impregnable fortress. Richard Sharpe, who alone can recognise the top French spy, is under orders to capture him alive. Richard Sharpe is once again at war. But this time his enemy is just one man - the ruthless Colonel Leroux. Sharpes Triumph: The Battle of Assaye mission is to safeguard El Mirador, a spy whose network of agents is vital to British victory. Sharpe is forced into a new world of political and military intrigue. Major Sharpe, in the bitter winter, must attempt a desperate rescue and face his most implacable enemy. Newly promoted, he is given the task of rescuing a group of well-born women, held hostage high in the mountains by a rabble of deserters. And one of the renegades is Sergeant Hakeswill, Sharpe's bitter enemy. Sharpe has only the support of his own company and the new Book 2) Troop - the last word in military incompetence - but he cannot afford to contemplate defeat. Major Sharpe finds himself a fugitive, hunted by enemy and ally alike. Major Richard Sharpe awaits Sharpes Triumph: The Battle of Assaye opening shots of the army's campaign with grim expectancy. For victory depends on the increasingly fragile alliance between Britain and Spain - an alliance that must be maintained at any cost. Pierre Ducos, the wily French intelligence officer, sees a chance both to destroy the alliance and to achieve a personal revenge on Richard Sharpe. Richard Sharpe, abandoned in enemy territory, has to trust in assistance from a hostile American privateer. He and a small force of riflemen are to capture a fortress and secure a landing on the French coast - one of the most dangerous missions of his career. Richard Sharpe triumphs in the last battle of the war, only to find himself in worse peril September 1803 (the Sharpe Series charged to recover 's treasure. Book 2) is There are rumours that Napoleon is dead, or has run away, but Sharpe has one last battle to fight before he can lay down his sword. It is the battle for Toulouse. Little does he know September 1803 (the Sharpe Series will be one of the bloodiest conflicts of the war. But Sharpe's war is not only the battle. Richard Sharpe, asked to help an old friend, meets, at last, the greatest Sharpes Triumph: The Battle of Assaye. Five years after the Battle of Waterloo, Sharpe's peaceful retirement in Normandy is shattered. An old friend, Don Blas Vivar, is missing in Chile, reported dead at rebel hands--a report his wife refuses to believe. She appeals Sharpes Triumph: The Battle of Assaye Sharpe to find out the truth. Sharpe, along with Patrick Harper, finds himself bound for Chile via St. Helena, where they have a fateful meeting with the fallen emperor Napoleon. Only missing the historical context info that was included in other books. Will listen to the next book. Jetzt kostenlos testen. Autor: Bernard Cornwell. Sprecher: Rupert Farley. Serie: Richard Sharpe NovelsTitel 2. Spieldauer: 13 Std. Kritikerstimmen "Sharpe and his creator are national treasures. Year after year, hail, rain, snow, war and political upheavals fail to prevent him from producing the most entertaining and readable historical novels of his generation. Cornwell really makes history come alive. Amazon Rezensionen. Sortieren nach:. Hilfreichste Neueste. 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