After the war, Sharpe has found his peace with the French girl Lucille. He lives with her on her Farm in Normandy, when the news of Napoleons return arrive.
Sharpe returns to the army and meets his old faithful comrades, Sergeant Harper and the Riflemen Hagman und Harris.
The British army led by Wellington combines forces with the Belgian and dutch troups. After heavy fighting on the 16th and 17th of June it finally comes to the murderous last battle with Napoleon near the Belgian village Waterloo...