A small British army is stranded when the French invade northern Portugal & Lieutenant Richard Sharpe meets the future Duke of Wellington Sharpe is stranded behind enemy lines but he has Patrick Harper his riflemen & he has the assistance of a young idealistic Portuguese officer When he is joined by the future Duke of Wellington they immediately mount a counter-attack & Sharpe having been the hunted becomes the hunter once more Amidst the wreckage of a defeated army in the storm lashed hills of the Portuguese frontier Sharpe takes his revenge Soldier hero rogue
- Sharpe is the man you always want on your side Born in poverty he joined the army to escape jail & climbed the ranks by sheer brutal courage He knows no other family than the regiment of the 95th Rifles whose green jacket he proudly wears