Sharpe's battle / Cornwell, Bernard

Captain Richard Sharpe is given responsibility for a poorly trained and ill-equipped Irish battalion of the King of Spain. Britain's hopes of victory in Spain depend on Sharpe's ability to combat an elite French guard headed by the vengeful Brigadier General Guy Loup.

British captain Richard Sharpe must lead untrained, unequipped ceremonial troops in a fight to the death when his old foe, French Brigadier General Guy Loup, attacks him while he heads a battalion of the king of Spain's household guard.