Overview
June, 1813. Major Richard Sharpe's men are in mortal danger - not from the French, but from the bureaucrats of Whitehall. Unless reinforcements can be brought from England, the depleted South Essex will be disbanded, their troops scattered throughout the army. Determined not to see his regiment die, Sharpe returns to England and uncovers a nest of well-bred, high-ranking traitors, any one of whom could utterly destroy his career with a word, or a stroke of the pen. Sharpe is forced into the most desperate gamble of his life - and not even the influence of the Price Regent may be enough to save him.
Cast
- Sean Bean as Major Richard Sharpe
- Daragh O'Malley as Sergeant Major Patrick Harper
- Abigail Cruttenden as Jane Gibbons
- Michael Cochrane as Colonel Sir Henry Simmerson
- Nicholas Farrell as Lord Simon Fenner
- Caroline Langrishe as Lady Anne Camoynes
- James Laurenson as Major General Hector Ross
- Mark Lambert as Lieutenant Colonel Bartholomew Girdwood
- Julian Fellowes as The Prince Regent
- Norman Rossington as Sergeant Horatio Havercamp