Sharpe's Escape Richard Sharpe and the Bussaco Campaign 1810

The French, under Marshall Massena, are mounting their third and most dangerous invasion of Portugal in the summer of 1810. Captain Richard Sharpe, with his company of redcoats and riflemen, meets the French strength on the gaunt ridge of Bussaco, where a joint British and Portuguese army achieves a stunning victory, yet the French are not stopped. Sharpe's position as Captain of the Light Company is under threat from an ambitious subordinate, Lieutenant Slinbsby, and he has made a dangerous new enemy in the form of Ferragus, a Portuguese criminal connected with the French invaders. During the subsequent retreat through Coimbra, Sharpe and his loyal Sergeant Harper are lured into a trap and separated from their regiment. Sharpe must wage a private war against Ferragus through the burning streets of Coimbra to survive, rejoin his command, and ultimately confront his enemies at the Lines of Torres Vedras, the vast defensive fortifications outside Lisbon, where the French invasion hopes will finally be halted.

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