Description
When a band of deserters—led by a cook with a talent for survival—collides with the ruthless designs of Obadiah Hakeswill, the result is a dangerous new kind of captivity. In a strategic struggle that draws in highborn British and French women, Sharpe must navigate shifting loyalties, brutal opportunism, and the kind of villainy that seems to thrive on chaos. As Cornwell pits competence against cruelty, the story explores themes of honor under pressure, the moral cost of war, and how personal vendettas can become weapons in their own right. With his brisk, cinematic pacing and hard-edged realism, Cornwell delivers a tense, character-driven installment that shows Sharpe confronting an enemy who has evolved beyond mere hatred into something colder and more cunning.
Available Editions
paperback
Penguin Books
Published Jan 1, 1985
350 pages
ISBN: 9780140076554
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Details
First Published
1984
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Sharpe's Enemy by Bernard Cornwell.