| Author/Contributor(s): | Cornwell, Bernard |
| Publisher: | Harper |
| Date: | 12/7/2021 |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Condition: | NEW |
New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell returns with his iconic hero, Richard Sharpe.
SHARPE IS BACK.
Outsider. Hero. Rogue. And the one man you want on your side.
In the smoking ruins of Waterloo, the long war should be over. Instead, the Duke of Wellington summons Richard Sharpe for an urgent mission: march first into France, storm the citadel at Ham, and rescue an imprisoned British agent. A ruthless veteran for a dirty assignment.
Yet the deadliest fight waits in Paris. Amid the chaos of defeat, a secret brotherhood of Bonapartists plots revenge, targeting the allied commanders for assassination. Backed by Sergeant Patrick Harper, Sharpe must hunt down Colonel Lanier, the lethal officer called the Monster. A savage clash against an enemy who refuses to surrender.
Sharpe's Assassin is the brand-new novel in the bestselling historical series that has sold more than twenty million copies worldwide.
- Historical Military Thriller: Fresh from the carnage of Waterloo, Sharpe carries fallen rifleman Dan Hagman's notched Baker rifle into an occupied France on the brink of violent collapse.
- Behind Enemy Lines: Sent ahead of the allied armies without siege artillery, Sharpe leads a daring ruse using fifteen greenjackets in dark uniforms to infiltrate the fortress gate at Ham.
- Napoleonic Thriller: Beneath the streets of Paris, imperial conspirators scheme to assassinate Wellington by smuggling barrels of gunpowder directly into his private cellar.
- Brothers in Arms: Patrick Harper stands shoulder to shoulder with his former officer, unleashing his devastating seven-barrel volley gun through narrow gypsum tunnels and shadowed courtyards.
- Also by This Author: The Flame Bearer, Last Kingdom and Warriors of the Storm.