Differences with the original novel: Sharpe and Jane are already married by the beginning of the novel.Michael Hogan (paralleled by Major-General Ross in the TV movie) dies of fever.Horace Bampfylde is a Navy Captain in the novel.American privateer Cornelius Killick assists the French in guarding the Teste de Buch.The Comte de Maquerre's sister and mother are not in the novel.Captain Palmer is a marine captain, not a regular army captain like in the TV movie.Sharpe and his men capture the fort before Bampfylde gets close enough. Furthermore, they were disguised as American allies.One of the marines is caught sexually assaulting the French girl. After a beating from Harper, he deserts.Pierre Ducos does not disguise himself as the mayor of the nearby village.Captain Killick suggests the use of quicklime during battle.Sharpe's men and the marines escape with the help of Captain Killick.Jane did not contract fever. It was only a seasonal cold.Sharpe stabs the Comte de Maquerre to death by the newly-built chassée-maree bridge.

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