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Sharpe's Fortress

Sharpe, Book 3

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Sharpe's Fortress

By: Bernard Cornwell
Narrated by: Paul McGann
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 It is 1803, and closing on the retreating Mahrattas in western India is Sir Arthur Wellesley's army and with it Ensign Richard Sharpe, newly commissioned but wishing he had stayed a sergeant. Spurned by his new regiment, he is sent to the army's baggage train and there finds corruption, romance, treason, and enemies old and new, including the murderous Sergeant Hakeswill who has powerful friends, while Sharpe's only ally is an orphaned Arab boy.

And waiting with the cornered Mahrattas is another enemy, the renegade Englishman William Dodd, who envisages a glorious triumph, for the Mahrattas have taken refuge in Gawilghur, India's greatest stronghold, perched high on cliffs above the Deccan Plain. He who rules in Gawighur, it is said, rules India, and Dodd knows that the fortress is impregnable, but it is here that Sharpe must face his enemies.

©1999 Bernard Cornwell (P)1999 HarperCollins UK Action & Adventure Alternate History Genre Fiction Historical Mystery Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Sagas Science Fiction War & Military
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Critic reviews

‘Sharpe and his creator are national treasures.' Sunday Telegraph

'Bernard Cornwell is a literary miracle. Year after year, hail, rain, snow, war and political upheavals fail to prevent him from producing the most entertaining and readable historical novels of his generation.' Daily Mail

'Cornwell's narration is quite masterly and supremely well-researched.' Observer
‘The best battle scenes of any writer I’ve ever read, past or present. Cornwell really makes history come alive.’ George R.R. Martin
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Too much is cut out in this abridged version. Nothing wrong with the narrator, but characters and background is missing. Story misses so much that it isn't worth buying this one. Get the unabridged version, if there is one, I will be.

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