Sharpe's Triumph
The greatest writer of historical adventures today. —Washington PostCritically acclaimed, perennial New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell (Agincourt, The Fort, the Saxon Tales) makes real history come alive in his breathtaking historical fiction. Praised as "the direct heir to...
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The greatest writer of historical adventures today. —Washington PostCritically acclaimed, perennial New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell (Agincourt, The Fort, the Saxon Tales) makes real history come alive in his breathtaking historical fiction. Praised as "the direct heir to Patrick O'Brian" (Agincourt, The Fort), Cornwell has brilliantly captured the fury, chaos, and excitement of battle as few writers have ever done—perhaps most vividly in his phenomenally popular novels following the illustrious military career of British Army officer Richard Sharpe during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. In Sharpe's Triumph, Sharpe's hunt for a traitorous renegade British officer leads the courageous young sergeant straight into the fires and madness of India's Battle of Assaye in September 1803. Perhaps the San Francisco Chronicle said it best: "If only all history lessons could be as vibrant."
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780061751752 (0061751758)
Publish date: March 17th 2009
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Series: Sharpe Books 8 (#2)
1/2 - That rating is really 3.5 as I didn't enjoy the battle nearly as much as the one in Sharpe's Tiger. In fact I found it quite tedious and ended up skipping a number of pages that concerned the placements of Wellesley's troops (not highly exciting, as I couldn't imagine any of it in my mind). ...
This wasn't my favourite Sharpe book. It had its moments and I liked the ongoing tension as Sharpe worried about Jane, but I thought the overall plot was on more flimsy footing than most of the other books. If Ducos is supposed to be such a brilliant adversary, he should have been better than he ...
Oh, thank heaven I'm done with this book! This thing just dragged on, and I was terribly diappointed in it because I enjoyed Sharpe's Tiger so much! I really felt like everything in this book was so uneven. First of all, the plot was meandering, as though the author was unsure of where he wanted ...
Chronologically this is the 2nd Sharpe and centres around the Battle of Assaye 23 September 1803Unabridged, and read by William Gaminara.