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Sharpe's Triumph
Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Assaye, September 1803 (Richard Sharpe's Adventure Series #2)
First published 1998 · 500 pages
A sweltering, mud-and-blood plunge into 19th-century warfare, driven by a relentless thirst for vengeance.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like standing in the sweltering heat of an Indian summer, the air thick with the smell of black powder and impending violence. It is a fiercely propulsive experience, driven by a rugged, pragmatic protagonist whose thirst for vengeance pulls you through the chaos of nineteenth-century warfare. The prose is muscular and kinetic, stripping away the romanticism of battle to reveal the mud, blood, and sheer terror of the front lines. You are immersed in the rigid class structures and brutal realities of the British army, feeling every ounce of the protagonist's simmering resentment and hard-won triumphs. It will deeply satisfy readers who crave historically rigorous, adrenaline-fueled military fiction where survival depends on sharp instincts and a ruthless edge.
- Mood
- sweltering
- adrenaline-fueled
- blood-soaked
- tense
- Tone
- gritty
- pragmatic
- authoritative
- cynical
- Pace
- propulsive
- Themes
- brutality of combat · class resentment · vengeance and justice · forging of a soldier · loyalty and betrayal
- The writing
- Muscular and kinetic, delivering visceral, sensory-rich descriptions of combat and period-accurate military logistics without ever slowing the momentum.
- The arc
- Begins in shocking betrayal and builds through simmering, relentless determination toward a chaotic, cathartic climax of survival and revenge.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave historically rigorous, mud-and-blood military fiction anchored by a rugged, fiercely capable underdog.
Content notes
- graphic violence
- gore
- period-typical racism
- colonialism
- profanity
About the book
E-book Extras: Bernard Cornwell On: The Origin of Richard Sharpe; Sharpe's Adventures; Sharpe's Trafalgar.The next installment in Bernard Cornwell’s wildly popular Sharpe series.Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Assaye, September 1803It is India, 1803. In the four years since he earned his sergeant's stripes, young Richard Sharpe has led a relatively peaceful existence. But Sharpe's reverie ends when he barely survives a murderous act of treason by a bitter English officer who has joined the mercenary forces of the Mahratta confederation, determined to drive the British from the continent. Vowing to hunt down the turncoat, Sharpe plunges headlong into the white-hot battle of Assaye alongside Sir Arthur Wellesley -- the future of Duke of Wellington -- in the fiercest fight of his career. Sharpe's Triumph is a riveting story of betrayal and revenge that showcases the deft blend of suspenseful military adventure and sweeping historical detail that has made Bernard Corwell's books bestsellers around the world.
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