Sharpe's Assassin Synopsis
*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.
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9780008184049 |
| Publication date: |
9th June 2022 |
| Author: |
Bernard Cornwell |
| Publisher: |
HarperCollinsPublishers an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
320 pages |
| Series: |
The Sharpe Series |
| Primary Genre |
Action Adventure
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Bernard Cornwell Press Reviews
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
About Bernard Cornwell
Born in Essex in 1944 Bernard Cornwell was adopted at the age of six weeks by two members of a strict fundamentalist sect called the Peculiar People. He grew up in a household that forbade alcohol, cigarettes, dances, television, conventional medicine and toy guns. Not surprisingly, he developed a fascination for military adventure. As a teenager he devoured CS Forester’s Hornblower novels and tried to enlist three times. Poor eyesight put paid to his dream, instead he went to university to read theology. On graduating, he became a teacher, then joined BBC’s Nationwide, working his way up the ladder to become head of current affairs at BBC Northern Ireland, then editor of Thames News. In 1979, his life changed when he fell in love with an American.
"Judy couldn’t live here, so I gave up my job and moved to the US. I couldn’t get a green card, and for 18 months the only thing I could do was write novels." The result was his first book about 19th century hero, Richard Sharpe, Sharpe’s Eagle.
In addition to the hugely successful Sharpe novels, Bernard Cornwell is the author of the Starbuck Chronicles, the Warlord trilogy, the Grail Quest series, the Alfred series and standalone battle books Azincourt and The Fort.
Bernard Cornwell owns houses in Cape Cod and Florida and two boats. Every year he takes two months off from his writing and spends most of his time on his 24 foot Cornish crabber, Royalist.
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