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Sharpe's Fortress: The Siege of Gawilghur, December 1803

Sharpe, Book 3

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Sharpe's Fortress: The Siege of Gawilghur, December 1803

By: Bernard Cornwell
Narrated by: Rupert Farley
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India, December 1803

The British army are closing in on enemy troops in western India and Ensign Richard Sharpe, freshly promoted yet unsure of his position, finds himself vulnerable: he’s unwelcome among the officers, yet finds hidden enemies within the ranks. With no-one he can trust, Sharpe is in serious danger when an old adversary arrives on his trail – and a terrible act of betrayal draws him into the eye of the storm.

All roads lead to Gawilghur, a legendary, impregnable fortress in the sky. In the heart of enemy territory, the British carry out a near-impossible siege. And joining the front line, risking his honour and reputation in a battle that will test him as never before, is Sharpe . . .

‘A master storyteller’ DAILY TELEGRAPH

©1999 Bernard Cornwell (P)2014 HarperCollins Publishing Limited Action & Adventure Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction War & Military Solider Thought-Provoking

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Riveting from start to finish, brilliant performance, story was tremendous as usual enhanced by brilliant narration.

Riveting performance.

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Another great Sharpe story superbly read by Rupert Farley who truly brings Sharpe to life from the pages, he has Sean Bean’s voice perfectly. I can almost see the story playing!

Rupert Farley does it again! An excellent book superbly read

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Superb story and high quality narration with accents that worked so well with the story

Brilliant

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What did you like most about Sharpe's Fortress: The Siege of Gawilghur, December 1803 (The Sharpe Series, Book 3)?

Bernard Cornwell has an amazing talent of stringing fact and fiction together. the story lines of the sharpe chronicles mean that you are on a roller coaster of emotion through the stories. Gripping all the way.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Has to be Sharpe, he is a gritty and stubborn character and you wish you were him.

What does Rupert Farley bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

The mix of very good accents.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Very much so

Any additional comments?

I have the full collection of paper back and could not put the series down 8 years ago when i first read them all, 20 odd books read in 3 months. It is the same with the audio books and a pleasure to revisit the series again.

Bernard Cornwell

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They left out the historical notes, an essential part of the story, this is disappointing.

Great reader

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This is the third book I’ve listened to and I cannot get enough! Excellent story telling and brilliantly brought to life by intelligent and entertaining delivery! Here’s on to book 4!!

Brilliant narration

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Excellent description passages maintained interest to the last. Colourful period action military authenticity. thoroughly enjoyable – moved at a good pace

Great yarn

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absolutely thrilling listen, kept me on the edge of my seat throughout all the chapters, really worth listening to

Brilliant Listening

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I'm a bit of a late joiner to Sharpe. I have read the previous two books and this is the first audio book I have listened to with Rupert Farley as narrator. The books rolls along at a blistering pace and I was faintly disappointed that it seemed to finish so quickly as I was enjoying it so much. RF's narration is the best I've heard in an audible book, he does every character (of which there are many) extremely well and his range is extraordinary. I'm looking forward to Trafalgar next. Go on Sharpe you bastard!

absolutely brilliant

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sublime story, fantastic performance. just wish this series wasn't quite so excellent as I've done the whole book in a weekend ( again ) 👍

wonderful, as usual

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