Sharpe's triumph
Subtitle: Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Assaye, September 1803
By: Bernard Cornwell.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins Pub.
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
Subjects: Sharpe, Richard (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; Assaye, Battle of, Assaye, India, 1803 -- Fiction; Maratha War, 1803 -- Fiction; British -- India -- Fiction; Great Britain -- History, Military -- 19th century -- Fiction; India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947 -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Other titles: Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Assaye, September 1803
Description: 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.