Sharpe's Tiger
Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Seringapatam, 1799
Bernard Cornwell and Frederick Davidson's Sharpe's Tiger (1997) is an alternate history and historical fiction novel. The story is set in Great Britain and India, in the 18th century. Readers will find themes of Richard Sharpe, Military History, sieges and soldiers.
Open Library readers give it an average of 4.2 out of 5 from 8 ratings, and 78 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 34 editions across 4 languages.
At about 384 pages, most readers finish it in 7–8 hours.
About Sharpe's Tiger
In a battery of events that will make a hero out of an illiterate private, a young Richard Sharpe poses as the enemy to bring down a ruthless Indian dictator backed by fearsome French troops.The year is 1799, and Richard Sharpe is just beginning his military career. An inexperienced young private in His Majesty's service, Sharpe becomes part of an expedition to India to push the ruthless Tippoo of Mysore from his throne and drive out his French allies. To penetrate the Tippoo's city and make contact with a Scottish spy being held prisoner there, Sharpe has to pose as a deserter. Success will make him a sergeant, but failure will turn him over to the Tippoo's brutal executioners — or, worse — his man-eating tigers. Picking his way through an exotic and alien world. Sharpe realizes that one slip will mean disaster. And when the furious British assault on the city finally begins, Sharpe must take up arms against his true comrades to preserve his false identity, risking death at their hands in order to avoid detection and thus to foil the Tippoo's well-set trap.
Quick answers
Who wrote Sharpe's Tiger?
Sharpe's Tiger was written by Bernard Cornwell and Frederick Davidson and first published in 1997.
What genre is Sharpe's Tiger?
It is usually shelved as Alternate History and Historical Fiction.
How long is Sharpe's Tiger?
The median edition has 384 pages, about 7–8 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to Sharpe's Tiger?
Readers who like it often enjoy Life After Life, A Most Improper Magick and The Guns of the South.
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