Bernard Cornwell, Sharpe’s Triumph: Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Assaye, September 1803 (New York: HarperCollins, 1998). Hardcover | Paperback | Kindle Midway through reading Sharpe’s Tiger, the first volume (chronologically) in Bernard Cornwell’s Richard Sharpe series, I hurriedly ordered the second volume for two-day delivery from Amazon. I am a series reader, and this clearly is a series to be read. It follows the exploits of Richard Sharpe, a soldier in the British Army, during the era of the Napoleonic Wars. Sharpe’s Tiger was set in India in 1799 and focused on the siege of Seringapatam in the spring … Continue reading Review of ‘Sharpe’s Triumph: Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Assaye, September 1803’ by Bernard Cornwell