Description
From the author of The Bloody Ground, a historical novel which features Richard Sharpe. In 1804, Sharpe is an army sergeant serving in India, on the trail of a renegade East India Company officer. His pursuit takes him into several bloody battles, the most notable of which sees Sharpe fighting at the side of the future Duke of Wellington.
SHARPE'S TRIUMPH by BERNARD CORNWELL 1999 Collins paperback.  This is the second book in the 'Sharpe' series. The story begins with a treacherous attack by Maj. William Dodd, a British officer who has defected from the East India Company. Surviving the massacre, Sharpe vows to take revenge, a vow that leads him to serve with Gen. Arthur Wellesley and to take the field when Wellesley leads an impossibly small force of 5000 men against the 50,000 of the Maratha Army quartered at Assaye.
Good condition overall
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