Set in 1811, during some of the worst fighting of the Napoleonic Wars, Richard Sharpe is given responsibility of an Irish battalion of ceremonial troops who are poorly equipped and untrained for battle.

A novel of the Napoleonic wars follows the adventures of British captain Richard Sharpe as he faces a powerful and dangerous enemy--Napoleon's armies and General Guy Loup

It is 1811 and the intrepid Richard Sharpe and his riflemen find themselves in one of the bitterest battles of the Peninsular War.

Richard Sharpe returns to England to save the regiment.

The Latest Of Cornwell'S Perennially Popular Sharpe Adventures, Returning, Like Sharpe'S Tiger, To India, And Culminating With The Battle At Assaye Which Wellington Considered His Greatest Victory. Repackaged In The Fantastic New Sharpe Look. 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.

The Seventeenth Sharpe Novel Sees Sharpe Returning From India To London To Join The Newly Formed Green Jackets. Sharpe, Though A Little More Comfortable With His New Officer Rank, Is Sure That This New Unit Is Of Lower Status, And That He Has Failed. His Ship Home Is Shipwrecked: He Is Captured By Pirates, But Fighting Free With A Few Companions, Finds Himself On A British Navy Ship Heading To Join Nelson'S Fleet. And There, In October 1805, He Finds Himself Involved In The Great Sea Battle, And Discovers New Skills In Fighting On Sea

From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the first exciting adventure in the world-renowned Sharpe series, chronicling the rise of Richard Sharpe, a Private in His Majesty’s Army at the siege of Seringapatam. “The greatest writer of historical adventures today.” —Washington Post Richard Sharpe. Soldier, hero, rogue—the man you always want on your side. Born in poverty, he joined the army to escape jail and climbed the ranks by sheer brutal courage. He knows no other family than the regiment of the 95th Rifles, whose green jacket he proudly wears.