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Sharpe's triumph :

Cornwell, Bernard.

Sharpe's triumph : Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Assaye, September 1803 / Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Assaye, September 1803 - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : HarperCollins Pub., 1998. - 291 p. : 1 map ; 25 cm.

The continuing adventures of Richard Sharpe, a 19th century soldier, as he fights to enlarge the British empire. He helps the Duke of Wellington put down the Indian Mahratta rebellion, an operation culminating in the 1803 Battle of Assaye which is described in vivid detail.

006101270X

00503081


Sharpe, Richard (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Assaye, Battle of, Assaye, India, 1803--Fiction.
Maratha War, 1803--Fiction.
British--Fiction.--India


Great Britain--History, Military--19th century--Fiction.
India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947--Fiction.


Historical fiction.
War stories.

PR6053.O75 / S565 1998

823/.914