num_pages: 379
description: Meet Richard Sharpe, a great British hero.Sharpe's battalion, along with the rising star of the general staff, Arthur Wellesley, is about to embark upon the siege of Seringapatam, 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, and escape from the tyrannical Sergeant Obediah Hakeswill. But in fleeing Hakeswill he enters the exotic and dangerous world of the Tippoo, and Sharpe will need all his wits just to stay alive, let alone save the British army from catastrophe.
language: English
title: Sharpe's Tiger
titlecomplete: Sharpe's Tiger (Sharpe, #1)
characters: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Richard Sharpe, William Lawford, Obadiah Hakeswill
genres: Fiction, Historical, Action, War, Adventure, India, Novels, Historical Fiction, Audiobook, Military Fiction
ratings_count: 25066
places: Seringapatam
series: Richard Sharpe, Sharpe
publisher: Harper