Another great Sharpe book. Altogether enjoyable. | Sharpe's Fortress: Richard Sharpe & the Siege of...

Great historically based fiction | Sharpe's Fortress: Richard Sharpe & the Siege of Gawilghur, December 1803 (Richard Sharpe's Adventure Series ... | Bernard Cornwell

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	• Sharpe's Fortress: Richard Sharpe & the Siege of Gawilghur, December 1803 (Richard Sharpe's Adventure Series ... Bernard Cornwell HarperCollins, 2002 - 320 pages average customer review:based on 35 reviews view larger image
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Sharpe's the One!

This is the third book in Bernard Cornwell's India trilogy and it is a spellbinder. There are 22 Sharpe stories and I just finished number 17. This series is right up there with Patrick O'Brians Aubrey/Maturan series and when you start a book you can't put it down until you've finished the history recap at it end. Sharpe is a private in India in the infantry and the East India Company is trying to keep their trade going against the warlords and Princes who are standing in their way. There are tigers and elephants and battles and looting and rape, murder and thievery. Cornwell covers a battle with such insight and depth that you swear you are right there. Great! You can't put it down and when you're through you're looking for the next adventure. Join the throng...Sharpe is the one!

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Another great Sharpe book. Altogether enjoyable.

Another great book in the Sharpe series. In this one, our hero is now Lt. Richard Sharpe and hating it. Having received a battlefield commission from the future Duke of Wellington after saving his life at the Battle of Assaye, Sharpe languishes amid gentlemen who resent his commoner presence and enlisted men who resent his elevation above them.

With his commander pressuring him to sell his commission and leave the Army - a tempting offer to one of Sharpe's impoverished background - he is transferred to a backwater supplies unit. It proves a den of corruption and Sharpe soon finds himself a fugitive.

That doesn't stop him from joining the assault on the daunting fortress of Gawilghur, a mountain fastness never conquered and the key to British power's northward thrust in India. Even positioning artillery to shell it is a daunting task. Defending it now is the forbidding and formidable Colonel Dodd, the mercenary commander we met in "Sharpe's Triumph", who schemes how to use Gawilghur's defense to depose his Indian masters, and rule himself.

Helping Sharpe along the way are cavalry Sergeant Eli Lockhart; the brave Arab servant boy Ahmed; and Sharpe's old pal, the engineer Major Stokes. Altogether enjoyable.

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Great historically based fiction

I really enjoyed this book. While the Sharpe's Rifle series (which I've read about 1/2-2/3 of) is sort of testosterone filled and militaristic I really do like how Cornwell uses the real settings and history in his books. Sometimes it seems like Sharpe is shoe-horned in to too many improbable situations, but hey if you can suspend disbelief long enough to watch 24 on Fox then why not do so here and learn some real history along the way.

If you like this book you'll also want to check out Sharpe's Tiger. You might also consider a book called "Revenge of the Jaguar King" by a new writer named Jay Hersh. It's set in Belize and does a similar sort of thing in combining history of the Maya with an action adventure.

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Sharpe's Fortress: Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Gawilghur, Decmeber 1803

This is the third book of the series, and I can't seem to read them fast enough. I'm leaving the office early this Friday to go home and read.

Sharpe - Siege of Gawilghur

Bernard Cornwell is the absolute best military fiction author there is. This installment of Sharpe's adventures is excellent (as expected).

Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe's Fortress -- the stunning successor to Sharpe's Tiger and Sharpe's Triumph -- marks the explosive finale in Richard Sharpe's trio of unforgettable adventures in India.

Richard Sharpe, now an officer in Wellesley's army, faces a battle of a different kind-this time among his own ranks. Uncomfortable with his newfound authority and unwilling colleagues, Sharpe is relegated to the tedium of baggage duty. But when he catches wind of a treasonous scheme devised by none other than his oldest and worst enemy, Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill, Sharpe has little choice but to take up arms, seek revenge, and regain his stolen treasure-the jewels of the Tippoo Sultan. Joining Wellesley's army as it prepares to lay siege to this fortress high above the Deccan Plain, Sharpe will risk his honor, reputation, and fortune on a battle that will test him as never before.

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