Sharpe's Fortress

‘Sharpe and his creator are national treasures.'' Sunday TelegraphSir Arthur Wellesley''s army is closing on the retreating Mahrattas in western India. Marching with the British is Ensign Richard Sharpe, newly made an officer, wishing he had stayed a sergeant.An act of treachery by Sharpe’s old enemy, Sergeant Hakeswill puts him in terrible danger, and leads him to the horror of the impregnable Ga...