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.…