Sharpe's Trafalgar is a historical novel by Bernard Cornwell, first published in 2000. It is the fourth book according to internal chronology in the Sharpe series. It is the first of the novels in the wars against Napoleon, putting the army ensign at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The novel is the first time that Sharpe encounters the Nock Gun, originally developed for the Navy and the later weapon of choice of Patrick Harper.
