Richard Sharpe was once again at war. But this time his enemy was a single man – the ruthless, sadistic Colonel Leroux. Sharpe’s mission was to safeguard El Mirador, the spy whose network of agents was vital to the British victory.So Sharpe must enter a new world of political and military intrigue. And in the unfamiliar surroundings of aristocratic Spanish society, his only guide is the beautiful Marquesa – a woman with her own secrets to conceal…SHARPE’S SWORDA compelling adventure story of war, revenge and treachery.