With each new installment in his acclaimed Sharpe’s historical series, Bernard Cornwell’s enthusiastic following has grown larger and more vocal. Sharpe’s Fortress will again reward those eager readers with authentic historical action, as Richard Sharpe’s old nemesis Obidiah Hakeswill commits another treason, forcing Sharpe to seek revenge. 

          Wellesley’s army is besieging the Mahattra fortress of Gawilghur, an impenetrable bastion of rock and bristling cannon. Led by renegade Englishman William Dodd, its defenders will be almost impossible to dislodge… but this time, they’re standing between Richard Sharpe and his reputation, his honor, and a sultan’s stolen jewels.