简介： Spain1813
AidedbyDucos,Napoleonisconsideringaplan.Allitwilltakeisonedeathandoneimprisonment,andBritainwillleaveSpain.TheSpanishnobility,generalsandchurchwillhavetobeinagreementandbringpressureonthedeposedKingofSpaintosignatreatywithFrance.
InaFrenchgarrisoninSpain,DucoshasimpoundedthecarriagesofLaMarquesaHeleneMendora.LaMarquesaishalf-English,half-FrenchandmarriedtoaSpanishGeneral.SheisalsoaFrenchspy.DucospromisesthereturnofhercarriagesifshewritestoherhusbandsayingRichardSharpehasforcedhisattentionsonher.
WhentheMarquesreceivestheletterheisfuriousanddemandsanapologyoraduel.Sharperefusestoapologiseashesayshedoesn'tknowtheMarquesa,andtheduelisarranged.DuelsareforbiddeninWellingtonsarmyandwhendiscovered,itispassedoffas'swordpractice'.ThesamenighttheMarquesismurderedinhisbed,andtheSpanish,believingSharpeisresponsible,demandretribution.Wellingtonhasnochoiceandacourtmarshaltakesplace.Sharpeisfoundguiltyandsentencedtohang.Wellington,however,doesnotplantoloseSharpe.
LaMarquesaandhercarriagesareambushed,thecarriagestakenandLaMarquesaisputintoaconvent.Maj.NairntakesHarperoutofthecampandreuniteshimwithSharpe.Leftwithhavingtoprovehishonour,SharpeandHarperaretaskedwithrescuingLaMarquesa,sotheBritishcandiscovertheenemy’snextmove.
