The Sharpe Series - Sharpe’s Assassin (The Sharpe Series, Book 24)
*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 -