Sharpes Assassin (The Sharpe Series, Book 21)

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SHARPE IS BACK.

The global bestseller Bernard Cornwell returns with his iconic hero, Richard Sharpe.
If any man can do the impossible it's Richard Sharpe . . .

Lieutenant-Colonel Sharpe is a man with a reputation. Born in the gutter, raised a foundling, he joined the army twenty-one years ago, and its been his home ever since. Hes a loose cannon, but his unconventional methods make him a valuable weapon.

So when, the dust still settling after the Battle of Waterloo, the Duke of Wellington needs a favour, he turns to Sharpe. For Wellington knows that the end of one war is only the beginning of another. Napoleon's army may be defeated, but another enemy lies waiting in the shadows a secretive group of fanatical revolutionaries hell-bent on revenge.

Sharpe is dispatched to a new battleground: the maze of Paris streets where lines blur between friend and foe. And in search of a spy, he will have to defeat a lethal assassin determined to kill his target or die trying . . .

Reviews

Praise for Bernard Cornwell:

Sharpe and his creator are national treasures' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

'Strong narrative, vigourous action and striking characterisation, Cornwell remains king of the territory he has staked out as his own' SUNDAY TIMES

Like Game of Thrones, but real OBSERVER

'Blood, divided loyalties and thundering battles' THE TIMES

The best battle scenes of any writer Ive ever read, past or present. Cornwell really makes history come alive George R.R. Martin

Hes called a master storyteller. Really hes cleverer than that TELEGRAPH

A reminder of just how good a writer he is SUNDAY TIMES

Nobody in the world does this better than Cornwell Lee Child

Cornwells skill [is] in ageing his warrior-hero, who now creaks as he fights and is haunted by those he has loved and lost THE TIMES

The master still adding to his wonderful Saxon Chronicles SUNDAY TIMES MAGAZINE

Legendary excellent storytelling, as ever SUNDAY SPORT

'A violent, absorbing historical saga, deeply researched and thoroughly imagined' WASHINGTON POST

Author Bio

Bernard Cornwell was born in London, raised in Essex and worked for the BBC for eleven years before meeting Judy, his American wife. Denied an American work permit he wrote a novel instead and has been writing ever since. He and Judy divide their time between Cape Cod and Charleston, South Carolina.