Book Review for

Sharpe's Tiger (India 1799)
by Bernard Cornwell

The 1st of the Richard Sharpe series.
Historical fiction about a reluctant soldier who fights with fierce passion and cunning
more to stay alive than for king or country. In 1799, the British attacked the fortified
city of Seringapatam in order to depose the Muslim ruler The Tippoo. They had left him
on the throne in 1792, but because of his alliance with France and Napoleon, now needed
to be unseated. Sharpe is sent into the city as a spy posing as a deserter, with the noble
yet unskilled Lieutenant Lawford, in order to obtain vital information that will help the
British succeed with their invasion. He and Lawford are captured, and must rely upon
their wits and several secret allies to escape if and avoid disaster for the British army.
An exciting story full of rousing action and intrigue.

 
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