A band of renegades led by Sharpe's vicious enemy, Obadiah Hakeswill, holds a group of British and French women hostage on a strategic mountain pass. Outnumbered and attacked from two sides, Sharpe must hold his ground or die in the attempt.
351 pages
English language
Published May 18, 1984 by Viking Press.
Subjects
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Fiction
- Sharpe, Richard (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- Great Britain -- History, Military -- 19th century -- Fiction
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