What will also feature for Sharpe and the British Army is the Siege of Seringapatam of AD 1799, and where the British will be successful in their endeavour under the leadership of a young Arthur Wellesley, later to become known as Lord Wellington, and other important senior officers. Bernard Cornwell has done it again, bringing to life the thrilling exploits of one of history’s greatest heroes. Sharpe’s Tiger is a rip-roaring adventure story, full of heart-stopping action and razor-sharp characterization. When A British Officer gets captured by the Tippoo of Mysore's forces, private soldier Sharpe is called into action to rescue this Officer.Īs a result of this undertaking Sharpe will enter a dangerous world of the Tippoo, and he will need all his wits and cunning to make this mission a success. Cornwell has a true talent for creating vivid characters and telling an exciting story. Set in the year AD 1799, our main protagonist, Richard Sharpe, finds himself in India with the British forces under the tyrannical Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill. Sharpes Tiger Hardcover Januby Bernard Cornwell (Author) 2,390 ratings Book 1 of 22: Sharpe Kindle 7.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 23.74 5 Used from 19.74 Paperback 10.89 130 Used from 1.91 23 New from 10.89 Mass Market Paperback 12. Throughout the series, there are references to Sharpes early soldiering life in India.

The prequel to the series, describing Sharpes experiences in India, repackaged to tie in with the fantastic new Sharpe look. And when the furious British assault on the city finally begins, Sharpe must take up arms against his true comrades to preserve his false identity, risking death at their hands in order to avoid detection and thus to foil the Tippoo's well-set trap.Read this book in 2006, and its the 1st part, chronologically, of the great Richard Sharpe series, from the author, Bernard Cornwell. Sharpes Tiger: Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Seringapatam, 1799 by Bernard Cornwell. Sharpe realizes that one slip will mean disaster.

Picking his way through an exotic and alien world. Success will make him a sergeant, but failure will turn him over to the Tippoo's brutal executioners - or, worse - his man-eating tigers. To penetrate the Tippoo's city and make contact with a Scottish spy being held prisoner there, Sharpe has to pose as a deserter. An inexperienced young private in His Majesty's service, Sharpe becomes part of an expedition to India to push the ruthless Tippoo of Mysore from his throne and drive out his French allies. The Folio Society, which specializes in collectible books, had published the first of the Sharpe series Sharpes Tiger in an illustrated. The year is 1799, and Richard Sharpe is just beginning his military career. In a battery of events that will make a hero out of an illiterate private, a young Richard Sharpe poses as the enemy to bring down a ruthless Indian dictator backed by fearsome French troops.

Sharpe's Tiger by Bernard Cornwell