01808cam a2200397 i 4500 127786038 TxAuBib 20030130120000.0 000226s1998||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 00503081 9780060951979 paperback 0060951974 paperback TxAuBib rda Cornwell, Bernard. Sharpe's triumph [Book] / Bernard Cornwell. Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Assaye, September 1803. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Perennial, 1998. 291 p. : 1 map ; 20 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Sharpe ; 2 India, 1803. Sergeant Richard Sharpe witnesses a murderous act of treachery by an English officer who has defected from the East India Company to join the mercenary army of the Mahratta Confederation. In the hunt for the renegade Englishman, penetrates deep into the enemy's territory where he faces temptations more subtle than he has ever dreamed of. And behind him, relentlessly stalking him, comes his worst enemy, the baleful, twitching Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill who is determined to break Sharpe once and for all. 20070512. Donated by Tom Cox. Sharpe, Richard (Fictitious character) Fiction. Assaye, Battle of, Assaye, India, 1803 Fiction. Maratha War, 1803 Fiction. British India Fiction. Great Britain History, Military 19th century Fiction. India History British occupation, 1765-1947 Fiction. Historical fiction. War stories. Sharpe ; 2.