Sharpe's Tiger

SUMMARY: The Prequel To The Series, Describing Sharpe'S Experiences In India, Repackaged To Tie In With The Fantastic New Sharpe Look. Throughout The Series, There Are References To Sharpe'S Early Soldiering Life In India. With The Same Meticulous Research And Attention To Detail That Is Found In The Peninsular War Books, Bernard Cornwell Has Sumptuously Recreated The 1799 Campaign Against Seringapatam Which Made The British Masters Of Southern India, A Campaign That Pitted Brutalized Soldiers Against An Ancient And Splendid Civilization. Sharpe, The Rest Of His Battalion And Rising Star Of The General Staff Arthur Wellesley, Are About To Embark Upon The Siege Of The Island Citadel Of The Tippoo Of Mysore, Seringapatam. The British Must Remove This Potentate From His Tiger Throne, But He Has Gone To Great Lengths To Defend His City From Attack. When A Senior British Officer Is Captured By The Tippoo'S Forces, Sharpe Is Offered A Chance To Attempt A Rescue And Infiltrate The Tippoo'S Forces. Sharpe Needs No Invitation To Get Away From The Tyrannical Sergeant Hakeswill, But Once Inside The Dangerous World Of The Tippoo He Realises He Will Need All His Wits Just To Stay Alive, Let Alone Save The British Army From Catastrophe. Set Against The Background Of Dazzling Wealth, Ruinous Poverty, Gorgeous Palaces, Sudden Cruelty And Pitiless Battles, Sharpe'S Tiger Is His Greatest Adventure Yet. 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. India, 1803. Sergeant Richard Sharpe Is Hunting A Treacherous Englishman Who Has Joined Mahratta Confederation. Deep In Enemy Territory He Faces Temptation More Subtle Than He Could Ever Dream, And Stalking Him Comes His Worst Enemy, Seargent Obediah Hakewill. The Paths Of Tteachery All Lead To The Small Village Of Assaye Where Sir Arthur Wellesley's Tiny British Army Faces The Mahratta Horde. Outnumbered And Out Gunned, Wellesley Decides To Fight, And Sharpe Is Plunged Into The White Heat Of A Battle That Will Make His Reputation, If He Can Only Survive. -- Back Cover. Bernard Cornwell. The continuing adventures of Richard Sharpe, a 19th century soldier, as he fights to enlarge the British empire. He helps the Duke of Wellington put down the Indian Mahratta rebellion, an operation culminating in the 1803 Battle of Assaye which is described in vivid detail The latest of Cornwell’s perennially popular Sharpe adventures, returning, like Sharpe’s Tiger, to India, and culminating with the battle at Assaye which Wellington considered his greatest victory. Repackaged in the fantastic new Sharpe look.