Sharpe's Command (Sharpe #23) by Bernard Cornwell
Outsider.
Hero.
Rogue.
And the one man you want on your side.
The author of sixty novels, Bernard Cornwell has been hailed as "the most prolific and successful historical novelist in the world today" (Wall Street Journal). Sharpe's Assassin marked the return of beloved hero Richard Sharpe and was hailed as a boisterous return of a favorite character (Booklist). In this latest historical novel, Cornwell returns to the early days of the peninsular war, where Sharpe once again finds himself entangled in intrigue, bloody warfare, and thrilling adventure.-Goodreads