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 Shooter Sharp. In the novel “Shooter Sharpe’s Gold,” Napoleon’s troops are preparing 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... The ninth novel in the series “The Adventures of Richard Sharpe.”