It is the spring of 1809 and a small British army is stationed in Lisbon when Marshal Soult begins the French invasion of northern Portugal. No one knows whether the British will fight or leave, but there is little choice for Lieutenant Richard Sharpe and his squad of riflemen ... Read More...

The war in Spain is drawing to a triumphant close for Wellington and the forces allied against the French, but in the winter of 1815 Napoleon's guileful intelligence agent, Pierre Ducos, conceives a devious plan that could force Wellington's army out of Spain without a musket being fired. Read More...