the prequel to the series describing sharpes experiences in india sharpes tiger describes the adventures of the raw young private soldier richard sharpe in india before the peninsular warsharpe and the rest of his battalion along with the rising star of the general staff arthur wellesley are about to embark upon the siege of seringapatam island citadel of the tippoo of mysore the british must remove this potentate from his tiger throne but he has gone to extraordinary lengths to defend his city from attack and always he is surrounded by tigers both living and ornamentalany prisoner of the tippoo can expect a savage endwhen a senior british officer is captured by the tippoos forces sharpe is offered a chance to attempt a rescue a chance he snatched in order to escape from the tyrannical sergeant obadiah hakeswill but in fleeing hakeswill he enters the confusing exotic and dangerous world of the tippoo and sharpe will need all his wits just to stay alive let alone save the british army from catastrophewith the same meticulous research and attention to detail that distinguishes the rest of the bestselling series of sharpe novels bernard cornwell has recreated the i 799 campaign against seringapatam which made the british masters of southern india a campaign that pitted brutalized soldiers against an ancient and splendid civilization set against a background of dazzling wealth ruinous poverty gorgeous palaces sudden cruelty and pitiless battles sharpes tiger is his greatest adventure yet