Sharpe's Assassin

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 . . . Lieutenant-Colonel Sharpe is a man with a reputation. Born in the gutter; raised a foundling; he joined the army twenty-one years ago; and it's been his home ever since. He's a loose cannon; but his unconventional methods make him a valuable weapon. So when; the dust still settling after the Battle of Waterloo; the Duke of Wellington needs a favour; he turns to Sharpe. For Wellington knows that the end of one war is only the beginning of another. Napoleon's army may be defeated; but another enemy lies waiting in the shadows - a secretive group of fanatical revolutionaries hell-bent on revenge. Sharpe is dispatched to a new battleground: the maze of Paris streets where lines blur between friend and foe. And in search of a spy; he will have to defeat a lethal assassin determined to kill his target or die trying . . . SHARPE'S ASSASSIN is the brand new novel in the bestselling historical series that has sold over 20 million copies worldwide.