England, Summer 1814The war is over, Napoleon is in exile on Elba, and Sharpe returns to England.He accepts a posting to Scarsdale, Yorkshire, the town where he grew up, to head the private militia raised by Sir Willoughby Parfitt, a self-made man.He is to protect Parfitt's mills from a 'rebellious' population.At the centre of the trouble is a man called Matt Truman, who...