Edition details
Sharpe's Tiger, Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Seringapatam, 1799 by Bernard Cornwell. Deluxe edition. Introduced by the author. Frontispiece plus 5 full-page colour illustrations by Douglas Smith. 2 maps redrawn by Kevin Freeborn. Separate limited label, signed by the author and tipped-in by hand. Bound in red cloth blocked with a picture and title in gilt and black. Dark grey slipcase blocked in gilt on front with an image. 250 copies. 384pp. 23.5x15.5cm.
About the book
Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe's Tiger introduces Richard Sharpe as a young British soldier serving in India in 1799. During the British campaign against Tipu Sultan and the kingdom of Mysore, Sharpe becomes caught up in military danger, espionage and conflict with his own superiors as British forces advance towards Seringapatam. Set against the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, the novel combines fast-paced historical adventure with battlefield action and political intrigue. Sharpe's courage, intelligence and determination offer him a possible route beyond the lowest ranks of the British Army, establishing the character and military world that develop throughout Bernard Cornwell's long-running Sharpe series. The story introduces the early career of one of historical fiction's best-known soldiers without revealing the outcome of his personal conflicts.
