Sharpe's triumph4bRichard Sharpe and the Battle of Assaye, September 1803

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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.

subjects: Assaye, Battle of, Assaye, India, 1803,  British,  British occupation, 1765-1947,  Fiction,  Historical fiction,  History,  Maratha War, 1803,  Military History,  Richard Sharpe (Fictitious character),  War stories,  Great Britain,  Great Britain. Army,  Fiction, historical,  Fiction, war & military,  India, fiction,  Sharpe, richard (fictitious character), fiction,  Great britain, fiction,  Fiction, historical, general,  India, history, british occupation, 1765-1947, fiction,  Soldiers,  Romans, nouvelles,  Histoire militaire,  Histoire,  Guerre marathe, 1803,  Britanniques,  British Occupation of India (1765-1947) fast (uri) http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01352145

People: Richard Sharpe (Fictitious character)

Places: Great Britain,  India

Times: 19th century,  British occupation, 1765-1947