Book summary

The fourth novel in the Sharpe series. Richard Sharpe, recently promoted to captain, now leads his own green-jacketed riflemen as British and French forces are encamped on the Spanish-Portugese border. Sharpe's rival in the fast-paced action is the vicious General Guy Loup, commander of the notorious Wolf Brigade, whose men are caught brutalizing a small village. When Sharpe captures and executes two of the villains, he makes a powerful and conniving enemy in General Loup. The story comes to a climax during the Battle of Fuentes de Onoro.