Richard Sharpe Adventures (Audio): Sharpe's Triumph: Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Assaye, September 1803 (Audiobook)

from HenriMoreaux

I'm usually not one for historical military fiction, however I'd previously read Cornwell's Stonehenge and thought it was a great story so when I stumbled upon this for a mere 50 cents I didn't think there would be much downside to the purchase. I can now having finished it confirm that the 50 ce...

from hmskip

Cornwell is a great descriptive writer. I have read three of the Sharpe series and all of them have been the kind of book that I can not put down. They capture the reader from the first page and each succeeding page delivers up more action and pulls me more into the story and the history.

from varielle

It's tough for me to imagine Richard Sharpe with clubbed hair since I can only see him as Sean Bean in his heydey. This is the second in the series of Richard Sharpe's adventures in India. Between the fighting and womanizing Cornwell finds time to shed historical enlightenment about this critical...

from ksmyth

Sharpe's Triumph is the second, chronologically, of the Richard Sharpe novels by Bernard Cornwell. This is the second of the three books tracing Sharpe's experiences in India. Coming four years after Sharpe's promotion to sergeant following the successful siege of Seringapatam, we find Sharpe jer...

from infjsarah

Excellent. I enjoyed this one more than the first book. Listened on audio and the only time I really tuned out at all was during the final battle. Not something I'm particularly interested in so I usually skip battles a lot when reading. I did smile at Sharpe briefly getting the girl as usual!