- Assaye, Battle of, Assaye, India, 1803, British, British occupation, 1765-1947, Fiction
E-book Extras: Bernard Cornwell On: The Origin of Richard Sharpe; Sharpe's Adventures; Sharpe's Trafalgar.The next installment in Bernard Cornwell’s wildly popular Sharpe series.Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Assaye, September 1803It is India, 1803.
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- earnestironic
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- Author
- Bernard Cornwell
- First published
- 1998
- Pages
- 382
- Publisher
- Chivers Audio Books, HarperCollins Publishers, Harper Collins
- Editions
- 34
- Language
- Russian, English
- ISBN
- 9780060748043
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“It was not Sergeant Richard Sharpe's fault.”
Bernard Cornwell (born February 23, 1944) is an English author of historical novels, known for his meticulous research and engaging storytelling. Born in London, England, to a Canadian airman father and a mother in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, he was adopted by a family in Essex belonging to the Peculiar People sect. Cornwell attended London University and worked as a teacher before joining the BBC, where he spent a decade, eventually becoming Head of Current Affairs in Northern Ireland. Bernard Cornwell is renowned for his long-running series of novels, including the *Sharpe* series about Napoleonic Wars rifleman Richard Sharpe, the *Saxon Stories* (also known as *The Last Kingdom* seri
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