Sharpe's Triumph Book

This major new novel will follow the adventures of Richard Sharpe in India begun so excitingly in Sharpe's Tiger and culminating in the Battle of Assaye which Wellington considered his greatest victory. As millions of readers came to know Bernard Cornwell's brilliant creation Richard Sharpe as he fought his way through the Peninsular War so they discovered that Sharpe had started his soldiering career in India. In 1997 "Sharpe's Tiger" finally lifted the veil on this exciting early life and became the biggest-selling Sharpe novel of all. Now the year is 1803 and young Sergeant Richard Sharpe is still in India where following his successes in Sharpe's Tiger he is on the trail of a renegade East India Company officer. The pursuit takes him through the vicious siege of Ahmednuggur to the bloody battlefield of Assaye where the future Duke of Wellington won what he considered to be his greatest victory with Richard Sharpe naturally at his side. Full of the action and drama and atmosphere that have made this series so immensely popular with both readers and television viewers "Sharpe's Triumph" will be one of the most eagerly awaited novels of the year.Read More