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Cornwell, Bernard, 1944-

Sharpe's assassin : Richard Sharpe and the occupation of Paris, 1815 / Bernard Cornwell. - London : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2021 - 320 pages ; 24 cm. - Sharpe 22 . - Richard Sharpe series; bk. 22 . - Cornwell, Bernard. Richard Sharpe series ; bk. 22. .

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 . . .

ISBN: 9780008184025 000818402X

Subjects--Personal Names:
Sharpe, Richard (Fictitious character) --Fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Soldiers--Fiction.
Assassins--Fiction.
Revenge--Fiction.
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Paris (France)--History--1799-1815--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
War fiction.

Dewey Class. No.: 823.914