The novel that Sharpe fans have been waiting for, Sharpe's Tiger describes the adventures of the raw young private soldier Richard Sharpe in India, before the Peninsular War. Sharpe and the rest of his battalion, along with the rising star of the general staff Arthur Wellesley, are about to emb
Sharpe's Tiger
β Scribed by Bernard Cornwell
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 220 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0006490352
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β¦ Synopsis
The novel that Sharpe fans have been waiting for, Sharpe's Tiger describes the adventures of the raw young private soldier Richard Sharpe in India, before the Peninsular War.
Sharpe and the rest of his battalion, along with the rising star of the general staff Arthur Wellesley, are about to embark upon the siege of Seringapatam, island citadel of the Tippoo of Mysore.
When a senior British officer is captured by the Tippoo's forces Sharpe is offered a chance to attempt a rescue, a chance he takes in order to escape from the tyrannical Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill. But in fleeing Hakeswill he enters the confusing , exotic and dangerous world of the Tippoo, and Sharpe will need all his wits just to stay alive, let alone suave the British Army from catastrophe.
Genre : Fiction.History
Formats : EPUB
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The novel that Sharpe fans have been waiting for, Sharpe's Tiger describes the adventures of the raw young private soldier Richard Sharpe in India, before the Peninsular War. Sharpe and the rest of his battalion, along with the rising star of the general staff Arthur Wellesley, are about to embark u
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 al
βThe greatest writer of historical adventures today.β β _Washington Post_ Critically 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 βthe direct