Sharpes Enemy 1994 Portugal 1813 A band of deserters, including Sharpes old enemy, Obadiah Hakeswill, have captured two women, one the wife of a high ranking English officer, and are holding them hostage for ransom Sharpe is given the 60th Rifles and a Rocket troop, as well as his majority to rescue the women But while Sharpe may be able to deal with his old enemy, he has yet to face a newer threat, the French Major Duclos