Sharpe · Book 8

Sharpe's Siege

Published
1 January 1987
Pages
320
ISBN-13
9781850573784
Type
novel
Cover of Sharpe's Siege

About this book

Sharpe's Siege, published in 1987 at 320 pages, follows Sharpe's Regiment and precedes Sharpe's Rifles -- one of the sieges the series is known for, rendered with Cornwell's trademark attention to Napoleonic-era military detail.

Key facts about Sharpe's Siege

Sharpe's Siege is a novel by Bernard Cornwell. Readers have had it since 1 January 1987. It runs to 320 pages.

Our list holds 3 editions of Sharpe's Siege. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781850573784 to find the main one.

Sharpe's Siege is book 8 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 Siege is book 8 in the Sharpe series. It follows Sharpe's Regiment. It is followed by Sharpe's Rifles. 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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