Sharpe · Book 14

Sharpe's Battle

Published
8 May 1995
Pages
379
ISBN-13
9780061095375
Type
novel
Cover of Sharpe's Battle

About this book

Sharpe's Battle (1995, 379 pages) picks the series back up after the short story Sharpe's Christmas and leads into Sharpe's Tiger, part of Cornwell's ongoing Peninsular War timeline for Richard Sharpe and Sergeant Harper.

Key facts about Sharpe's Battle

Bernard Cornwell wrote Sharpe's Battle, a novel on our list. It has been out since 8 May 1995. The book has 379 pages.

We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780061095375 to find the main one.

Sharpe's Battle is book 14 of 26 in the Sharpe series. The series has 26 published books. However, the series starts with Sharpe's Eagle (1981). Sharpe's Storm is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 21 October 2025.

Additionally, Bernard Cornwell writes The Crowning Mercy Trilogy, The Sailing Thrillers and The Starbuck Chronicles, plus 3 more series. Those series sit on our historical fiction, thriller and historical fantasy shelves. Meanwhile, Sharpe's Storm is the latest published Bernard Cornwell book on file, from 21 October 2025.

About Bernard Cornwell

Bernard Cornwell is a British author of historical adventure fiction, best known for immersing readers in the physical detail and moral complexity of pre-modern warfare. His breakout Sharpe series follows Richard Sharpe, a low-born British soldier rising through the ranks during the Napoleonic Wars, and became a household name in Britain thanks to the long-running ITV adaptation starring Sean Bean. See every Bernard Cornwell book in order.

Its place in Sharpe

Sharpe's Battle is book 14 in the Sharpe series. It follows Sharpe's Christmas. It is followed by Sharpe's Tiger. See the full Sharpe reading order.

Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe novels follow Richard Sharpe, a foundling raised in a London workhouse who enlists as a private soldier and — against every rule of the Georgian army — is commissioned into the officer ranks after saving the Duke of Wellington's life in India. From the storming of Seringapatam to the retreat to Corunna, the breaches of Badajoz and Ciudad Rodrigo, the charge at Salamanca, and finally the field of Waterloo itself, Sharpe fights his way across two decades of the Napoleonic Wars with a…

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