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Sharpe’s Assassin

Bernard Cornwell author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers

Published:9th Jun '22

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Sharpe is back in the gripping, epic new historical novel from the global bestselling author

*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.

*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.

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

ISBN: 9780008184049

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 25mm

Weight: 300g

336 pages