At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the British Empire stretched from the English Channel to the Indian Ocean. One of the builders of this empire, a participant in all the wars that England waged at that time, was Rifleman Sharp. In the novel “Shooter Sharpe’s Eagle,” the regiment in which the hero serves suffers a crushing defeat and loses the banner. The only way to restore the honor of the British Royal Forces is to capture the French standard, the golden eagle awarded personally by Emperor Napoleon to each regiment... In the novel Gunner Sharpe's Gold, Napoleon's troops prepare to strike the Almeida fortress in the heart of Portugal. The British army is on the verge of defeat, and Wellington needs money to continue the war. Sharpe goes after the gold abandoned by the Spanish junta deep behind enemy lines. His mission is complicated by the fact that not only the French are hunting for the treasure, but also the Spanish partisan El Catolico, who is fighting against everyone...