
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
