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Sharpe's
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| India, 1803.
Sergeant Richard Sharpe witnesses a murderous act of treachery by an English officer who
has defected from the East India Company to join the mercenary army of the Mahratta
Confederation. In the hunt for the renegade Englishman, penetrates deep into the enemy's territory where he faces temptations more subtle than he has ever dreamed of. And behind him, relentlessly stalking him, comes his worst enemy, the baleful, twitching Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill who is determined to break Sharpe once and for all. The paths of treachery all lead to the small village of Assaye where Sir Arthur Wellesley, with a tiny British army, faces the Mahratta horde. Outnumbered and outgunned, Wellesley decides to fight, and Sharpe is plunged into the white heat of a battle that will make Wellesley's reputation. It will make Sharpe's name to, but only if he can survive the carnage and killing frenzy, for it is at Assaye that he at last realizes his ambition and has a chance to seize it.
Reviews "Having marched and fought with Richard Sharpe from the Peninsula to Waterloo and beyond, it was with great interest that I journeyed back in time with him, and indeed Wellesley, to India. "Tiger," in all honesty, I found difficult to get into, although by the end I was once more with Sharpe in the thick of the action. "Triumph," on the other hand, had me hooked from the very start, and I would say to the new Sharpe reader - start with "Tiger" and persevere. "Triumph" fills in a lot of gaps in the Sharpe story as a whole, and after that, "Fortress" awaits you - and how! By the time you have fought at Assaye, won through at Ahmednuggur, and conquered Gawilghur, you deserve a rest, and a leisurely sea-voyage back home to England. But by then the year is 1805, and you will have to sail close to the South-West tip of Spain, the cape of Trafalgar. Who knows what will happen? "
"This book has many similarities with Star Wars Episode one : it fills in the gaps in Richard Sharpes early life. Sergeant Hakeswill is still hot on his trail, and it is at the Battle of Assaye that Richard Sharpe saves the life of General Wellesley. This event leads to his promotion to Ensign, the first step away from the ranks of enlisted men. If you have read previous Sharpe books you will know exactly what to expect. As with the Star Wars film, you know the final outcome, after all, the main characters all appear in later (chronologically) books, but this does not spoil the enjoyment of a rattling good read, particularly when on holiday. "
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