Sharpe’s Tiger: The Siege of Seringapatam, 1799

Sharpe’s Tiger: The Siege of Seringapatam, 1799
Bernard Cornwell

Richard Sharpe avoids the tyrannical Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill and endeavours to rescue a British officer from under the nose of the Tippoo of Mysore.But in fleeing Hakeswill, Sharpe enters the exotic and dangerous world of the Tippoo. An adventure that will require all of his wits just to stay alive, let alone save the British army from catastrophe.Soldier, hero, rogue – Sharpe is the man you always want on your side. Born in poverty, he joined the army to escape jail and climbed the ranks by sheer brutal courage. He knows no other family than the regiment of the 95th Rifles whose green jacket he proudly wears.

SHARPE’S

TIGER

Richard Sharpe and the Siege of

Seringapatam, 1799

BERNARD CORNWELL

Copyright

This novel is a work of fiction. The incidents and some of the characters portrayed in it, while based on real historical events and figures, are the work of the author’s imagination.

Published by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd

1 London Bridge Street

London SE1 9GF

www.harpercollins.co.uk (http://www.harpercollins.co.uk)

First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 1997

Copyright © Bernard Cornwell 1997

Map © Ken Lewis

Cover design by Holly Macdonald © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2018. Cover photographs © Shutterstock.com (http://Shutterstock.com)

Bernard Cornwell asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this ebook on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins ebooks

HarperCollinsPublishers has made every reasonable effort to ensure that any picture content and written content in this ebook has been included or removed in accordance with the contractual and technological constraints in operation at the time of publication

Source ISBN: 9780006490357

Ebook Edition © FEBRUARY 2010 ISBN: 9780007334537

Version: 2018-04-17

Sharpe’s Tiger is for Muir Sutherland and Malcolm Craddock, with many thanks

‘Cornwell’s combination of breakneck action and pigheaded man behaving badly – but with dazzling brio – is unbeatable. His historical setting is well observed, adding a degree of poignancy: an ancient civilisation destroyed by an army of brutalised illiterates, confused and far from home, but dogged and unquestionably brave’

Daily Telegraph

Contents

Title Page (#u712a1d32-e897-5670-86e2-e9b7d5cceece)

Copyright (#ud79314fc-7541-5bd1-ac61-736027c5ecf1)

Dedication (#u19bd69d7-eddd-5d5c-9a9e-9ee146a16ae5)

Praise (#u9c6e6141-0b79-507a-ba2c-fd38079da7a7)

Map (#u1e75ba40-5e61-5ca3-a9f4-04014c3d7e27)

Chapter One (#ud4fd9672-2148-5edc-8bd5-cba3693dd9ba)

Chapter Two (#u762388f9-2fad-51e9-a48e-52f5567b9de4)

Chapter Three (#ud7116216-f9ec-5026-b1cf-80233ffc0080)

Chapter Four (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Five (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Six (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eight (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nine (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Ten (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eleven (#litres_trial_promo)

Keep Reading

Historical Note (#litres_trial_promo)

Sharpe’s Story (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Author (#litres_trial_promo)

The SHARPE Series (in chronological order) (#litres_trial_promo)

The SHARPE Series (in order of publication) (#litres_trial_promo)