1815. The dust of the Battle of Waterloo has not yet settled, not all the victims are buried. Lieutenant-Colonel Sharpe and his brave Riflemen are nevertheless granted no respite. The Duke of Wellington has learned that after the downfall of Napoleon and his army, another enemy is already lurking in hiding - a secret brotherhood of fanatical revolutionaries hell-bent on revenge. He sends Sharpe to a new battlefield, the labyrinth of the streets of Paris, where the lines between friend and foe blur. There he is to track down a dangerous assassin and destroy him - or die trying ... If any man can achieve the impossible, it is Sharpe!
Bernard Cornwell was born in London in 1944. He worked for the BBC for many years, including in Northern Ireland. Today he lives mostly in the USA. Cornwell has published numerous internationally successful historical novels and thrillers, including the SHARPE series, which has been made into a film and has enjoyed cult status for years. With SHARPE'S MURDERER, he finally presents a new adventure of Richard Sharpe after more than fifteen years of waiting for fans.
