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by Cornwell Bernard (Author)
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  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Harper Collins (1999)
  • ISBN-10: 0002259079
  • ISBN-13: 978-0002259071
  • ASIN: B000O8MMAE
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Answers some of the questions, 27 Aug 2000
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This review is from: Sharpe's Fortress: Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Gawilghur, December 1803 (Paperback)
Once again Bernard Cornwell provides his followers with more of his famous character--Richard Sharpe. Continuing his series of "prequals" to Sharpe's Rifles, Cornwell has Sharpe suffer a bit more in India against foes both new and old to the reader. Cornwell notes that he has taken major liberties as an author by inserting his fictional character into the final battle, but it still a wonderful story. What I enjoyed was finding out the details behind the Sharpe story...such as how he got his telescope and his scar. We also have our first introduction to the Rifles that we will come to know and love so much. I can't wait to see how Sharpe loses his fortune, since we know he is penniless in Sharpe's Rifles. All in all...a good story in a wonderful series!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars first rate entertainment, 11 Aug 2007
By Didier (Ghent, Belgium) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sharpe's Fortress: Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Gawilghur, December 1803 (Paperback)
This, chronologically the third book in the Sharpe-series, reads as easily as all others and is perhaps for sheer amount of action one of the best. Sharpie in rare form!
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Slow starter, but excellent, 24 April 2003
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This review is from: Sharpe's Fortress: Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Gawilghur, December 1803 (Paperback)
Following on from Sharpe's Triumph, this novel follows the build-up to the assualt on Galwigur, the fortress in the sky. Seemingly impregnable, the fortress is the last stronghold of the Mahrattas and Sir Arthur Wellesly, keen to earn a reputation, knows that India can be one only by taking it.

Newly promoted Sharpe finds he is not welcome as an officer, and when he is assigned to bullock driving he discovers that his new superior, with the help of old enemy Obadiah Hakeswill, is selling army supplies for his own profit. His efforts to rectify the situation do not go down well, and a failed plot to have him murdered lead to a bloody trail of revenge. His adventures lead him back to his old regiment, the King's 33rd, and with these men he leads an escalade on the fortress that facilitates it's capture. With no way out, Major Dodd (who escaped Sharpe at the Battle of Assaye) is forced to fight the heroic ensign. Unsurprisingly, Sharpe fairs best and has time to exact further revenge on Hakeswill.

An exciting novel that is a little slow off the ground but conjures a world so vivid that you could be in the leading rank assaulting Galwigur. Gripping stuff.

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