Sharpe's Tiger (50 page)
Authors: Bernard Cornwell
S
HARPE'S
E
SCAPE
*
Richard Sharpe and the Bussaco Campaign, September to October 1810
S
HARPE'S
B
ATTLE
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Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro, May 1811
S
HARPE'S
C
OMPANY
Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Badajoz, January to April 1812
S
HARPE'S
S
WORD
Richard Sharpe and the Salamanca Campaign, June and July 1812
S
HARPE'S
E
NEMY
Richard Sharpe and the Defense of Portugal, Christmas 1812
S
HARPE'S
H
ONOUR
Richard Sharpe and the Vitoria Campaign, February to June 1813
S
HARPE'S
R
EGIMENT
Richard Sharpe and the Invasion of France, June to November 1813
S
HARPE'S
S
IEGE
Richard Sharpe and the Winter Campaign, 1814
S
HARPE'S
R
EVENGE
Richard Sharpe and the Peace of 1814
S
HARPE'S
W
ATERLOO
Richard Sharpe and the Waterloo Campaign, 15 June to 18 June, 1815
S
HARPE'S
D
EVIL
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Richard Sharpe and the Emperor, 1820-21
THE GRAIL QUEST SERIES
The Archer's Tale
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Vagabond
*
Heretic
*
THE NATHANIEL STARBUCK CHRONICLES
Rebel
*
Copperhead
*
Battle Flag
*
The Bloody Ground
*
THE WARLORD CHRONICLES
The Winter King
The Enemy of Cod Excalibur
OTHER NOVELS
Redcoat
*
Gallows Thief
*
Stonehenge, 2000 B.C.: A Novel
*
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Cover design © 2003 by Danilo Ducek
A hardcover edition of this book was published in Great Britain in 1997 by HarperCollins Publishers.
SHARPE'S TIGER
. Copyright © 1997 by Bernard Cornwell.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Cornwell, Bernard.
      Sharpe's tiger : the Siege of Seringapatam, 1799 / Bernard
   Cornwell.â1st ed.
         p. cm.
      ISBN 0-06-093230-9
      1. Sharpe. Richard (Fictitious character) Fiction. 2. Great
   BritainâHistory, Militaryâ18th century Fiction.
   3. Årirangapattana (India)âHistoryâSiege, 1799 Fiction. 4.      IndiaâHistoryâMysore War, 1799 Fiction. 1. Title.
   PR6053.075S56 1999
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