Sharpe's Assassin
Published on 9. June 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-0-00-818404-9 (ISBN)
Description
*The new novel in the bestselling Sharpe series - SHARPE'S COMMAND - is available now*
SHARPE IS BACK.
The global bestseller Bernard Cornwell returns with his iconic hero, Richard Sharpe.
If any man can do the impossible it's Richard Sharpe . . .
Paris, 1815
Richard Sharpe is a man with a reputation. Born in the gutter, raised a foundling, he's the army's loose cannon - but also its most formidable weapon.
With violence brewing in the aftermath of Waterloo, and a secretive group of revolutionaries hell-bent on avenging Napoleon's defeat, Sharpe is called to the front line: the maze of Paris streets where lines blur between friend and foe.
And in search of a spy, he must defeat a lethal assassin determined to destroy his target, or die trying . . .
Sharpe's Assassin was a Sunday Times bestseller in hardback the w/c 4th October 2021.
SHARPE IS BACK.
The global bestseller Bernard Cornwell returns with his iconic hero, Richard Sharpe.
If any man can do the impossible it's Richard Sharpe . . .
Paris, 1815
Richard Sharpe is a man with a reputation. Born in the gutter, raised a foundling, he's the army's loose cannon - but also its most formidable weapon.
With violence brewing in the aftermath of Waterloo, and a secretive group of revolutionaries hell-bent on avenging Napoleon's defeat, Sharpe is called to the front line: the maze of Paris streets where lines blur between friend and foe.
And in search of a spy, he must defeat a lethal assassin determined to destroy his target, or die trying . . .
Sharpe's Assassin was a Sunday Times bestseller in hardback the w/c 4th October 2021.
Reviews / Votes
Praise for Bernard Cornwell:'Sharpe and his creator are national treasures' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
'Strong narrative, vigourous action and striking characterisation, Cornwell remains king of the territory he has staked out as his own' SUNDAY TIMES
'Like Game of Thrones, but real' OBSERVER
'Blood, divided loyalties and thundering battles' THE TIMES
'The best battle scenes of any writer I've ever read, past or present. Cornwell really makes history come alive' George R.R. Martin
'He's called a master storyteller. Really he's cleverer than that' TELEGRAPH
'A reminder of just how good a writer he is' SUNDAY TIMES
'Nobody in the world does this better than Cornwell' Lee Child
'Cornwell's skill [is] in ageing his warrior-hero, who now creaks as he fights and is haunted by those he has loved and lost' THE TIMES
'The master still adding to his wonderful Saxon Chronicles' SUNDAY TIMES MAGAZINE
'Legendary ... excellent storytelling, as ever' SUNDAY SPORT
'A violent, absorbing historical saga, deeply researched and thoroughly imagined' WASHINGTON POST
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 192 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
298 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-00-818404-9 (9780008184049)
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Bernard Cornwell
Sharpe's Assassin
E-Book
09/2021
1st Edition
HarperCollins
€6.59
Available for download
Person
Bernard Cornwell was born in London, raised in Essex and
worked for the BBC for eleven years before meeting Judy, his
American wife. Denied an American work permit he wrote a
novel instead and has been writing ever since. He and Judy
divide their time between Cape Cod and Charleston, South
Carolina.
worked for the BBC for eleven years before meeting Judy, his
American wife. Denied an American work permit he wrote a
novel instead and has been writing ever since. He and Judy
divide their time between Cape Cod and Charleston, South
Carolina.