Winter, 1813.
Sharpe marries his sweetheart, Jane Gibbons, but has to leave her immediately to go on a dangerous mission in the Pyrenees, to capture a French fort. While Sharpe is battling with the French, his wife contracts a deadly fever which has swept through the British camp and endangers her life. Sharpe encounters his old enemy, Ducos and is compelled to stay at the fort and fight for his country, knowing that even if he survives he may never see his beloved bride again.
Major Richard Sharpe
Sergeant Major Patrick Harper
Jane Sharpe
Field Marshal The Most Honorable Arthur Wellesley, The Marquess of Wellington
Major General Hector Ross
Major Pierre Ducos
Compte de Maquerre
Colonel Horace Bampfylde
Catherine de Marquerre
Captain William Frederickson
Captain Neil Palmer
General Jean-Baptiste Calvet
Rifleman Matthew Robinson
Lassan
Rifleman Daniel Hagman
Rifleman Harris
Dr. Kenefick
Smithers
Rifleman Reilly
Brigitte
French Colonel
Ramona Gonzalez Harper
Minister
Lieutenant Fytch
Corporal Gaston
French Surgeon