• Abstract and Figures
• Public Full-text

FREE SHARPES TRIUMPH: THE BATTLE OF ASSAYE, SEPTEMBER 1803 (THE SHARPE SERIES, BOOK 2) PDF Bernard Cornwell | 384 pages | 15 Sep 2011 | HarperCollins Publishers | 9780007425808 | English | London, United Kingdom Sharpe (novel series) - Wikipedia Sharpe is a series of historical fiction stories by Bernard Cornwell 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 British Army during the Napoleonic Wars. He begins in Sharpe's Tiger as a private in the 33rd Regiment of Foot who becomes a sergeant by the end Book 2) the book; he is an ensign in the 74th September 1803 (the Sharpe Series during Sharpe's Trafalgar who is transferred to the newly formed 95th Rifles as a second lieutenant. He is gradually promoted through the ranks, finally becoming a lieutenant colonel 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 Battle of Waterloo. 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 Royal Navy 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". Sean Bean 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 East India Company. 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 France 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.

Load more

  8

Copy Link