Sharpe's Triumph: The Battle of Assaye, September 1803 (The Sharpe Series, Book 2)

History Re-Visited

Another genuinely impressive novel from Cornwell. Once again he inserts his characters seamlessly into history giving true credit to the real heroes of the day. In this case Sir Arthur Wellsley who of course went on to bigger and better things!

The story continues from the first book and surprisingly Sharpe has passed four quiet years until the campaign leading to the Battle of Assaye reels him in. That's not his only worry though, the wonderfully awful Sergeant Hakeswill still harbours an incredible grudge and if there is one thing Hakeswill can do it is to plot revenge!

The whole thing is expertly narrated by Rupert Farley and his take on the "good" Sergeant is a joy "It's written in the scriptures so it is". The Battle itself is described in great length, the heroism of the Scots, Sharpe's own non-trivial role and of course much historical detail is included to bring it to life.

Another stunning read. I must deliberately ration myself. I want this series to last a little while at least!

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First rate

Gripping story, excellently performed. Looking forward to the next book.

A delight to listen to.

interesting adventures. read well. written better

loved learning more about the hero Sean Bean portrayed as I was growing up. I'm sure as I continue with Mrs sharps adventures massive holes in the TV show will appear but if the journey continues as it's begun in the last two books it will be well worth it.

Excellent voices of characters

Excellent voices of characters.

Exciting from start to finish, i would highly recommend this book to anyone.

if only he'd have stayed squished.

Amazing story! It wasn't a struggle to finish at all in fact it kept me up well into the night the best moment has to come at the end as you'd expect but sharps🕳️ brilliant! The Death of an important figure still rocks me as I'm writing this review and when I'm done I will be beginning the next book.

triumph

great story narrator I thought a lot better than the 1st.
can't wait for the 3rd now.

somewhat biased as Darren was a chosen man!

great books great storylines Bernard Cornwell is one of the best authors ever to have written a book on historical fact and fiction Cross.

Great series

The whole of the Sharpe series is great, and Rupert Farley has to be my favourite narrator by far.

Another triumph for Cornwell

The battle of assaye brilliantly brought to life, triumph for Scottish infantry and sepoy allies

Sharpe unleashed

One of my favourites in the Sharpe series where he unleashes his fury while surrounded by the enemy. its worth counting how many he takes out. The love hate relationship between the aristocracy and the common soldier is also explored and the narrator has a good range of voice that is easy to listen to or imagine the different characters with.