Major Richard Sharpe, a great British soldier, seems to have bad terms with his beautiful second wife, Jane, over the duelling with Captain Bampfylde. Duelling is against the law and Sharpe has bruised the buttocks of Bampfylde, who in the previous Novel (Sharpe’s Siege) runs away with the ship leaving Sharpe in the mid of danger. His wife Jane is doubtful about her husband’s arrest or he may lose his life as well. And she never likes insecurities. To tone down her fears, Sharpe gives her access of his money and instructs her to buy a country home in Dorset and he will join her after the war is over. It is 1814 and the fall of Napoleon Bonaparte is imminent. Under the command of General Nairn, Sharpe takes part in the Battle of Toulouse, during the battle General Nairn is killed and Sharpe unwillingly takes the command of the battalion in his hand. They win the war. Subsequently, Napoleon, almost defeated, escapes to Elba with some of his best fighters. After the war, in the ...
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