Sean Bean stars as the brave soldier Sharpe in two feature length television movies set during the Napoleonic Wars In & Sharpe&s Regiment& a recruiting mission turns dangerous when Sharpe discovers evidence of sleaze & corruption at the highest levels of the army & becomes the target of an assassination attempt The good soldier must now race against time in order to prove his theories In & Sharpe&s Siege& Sharpe marries his sweetheart Jane but immediately has to leave for a daring mission in the Pyrenees While he is away his new wife contracts a deadly disease which has swept through the the British camp but Sharpe realises that he must stay & defeat the French (and his arch-rival Ducos) even though he knows that he may never see his beloved again ...

Richard Sharpe returns to England to save the regiment Major Sharpe's men are in mortal danger
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After the fighting ends in the Peninsula War Sharpe finds himself set up by his arch-enemy Ducos Instead of returning to England with his beautiful wife he ends up being persecuted by the French & the English after he is accused of stealing Napoleon&s priceless treasures He decides to embark on a perilous journey to discover the truth & exact revenge on his enemies ...

Richard Sharpe triumphs in the last battle of the war only to find himself in worse peril when charged to recover Napoleon's treasure It is 1814 There are rumours that Napoleon is dead or has run away but Sharpe has one last battle to fight before he can lay down his sword It is the battle for Toulouse Little does he know it will be one of the bloodiest conflicts of the war But Sharpe's war is not only the battle Accused of stealing Napoleon's treasure Sharpe must discover the unknown enemy who has tried to frame him
- & his revenge is ingenious & devastating Soldier hero rogue
- Sharpe is the man you always want on your side Born in poverty he joined the army to escape jail & climbed the ranks by sheer brutal courage He knows no other family than the regiment of the 95th Rifles whose green jacket he proudly wears

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Lieutenant Richard Sharpe & a detachment of riflemen join the assault of a strong French force holding the Holy City of Santiago de Compostela Lieutenant Richard Sharpe & a detachment of Riflemen are cut off from the rest of the army & surrounded Their only hope of escape is to accept the help of the Spanish but this assistance comes at a price to join the assault on the holy city of Santiago de Compostela held by a strong French force There is little Sharpe would enjoy more Soldier hero rogue
- Sharpe is the man you always want on your side Born in poverty he joined the army to escape jail & climbed the ranks by sheer brutal courage He knows no other family than the regiment of the 95th Rifles whose green jacket he proudly wears
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Based on the novels by Bernard Cornwell Sharpe (1993-7) ran to 14 full-length television films that follow the adventures of the titular soldier through the later years of the Napoleonic Wars The programmes are an outstanding achievement for the small screen dominated by Sean Bean&s central performance as the heroic troubled outsider who turns out to be a resourceful & loyal leader Bolstered by a strong supporting cast particularly Daragh O& Malley as Harper & (in later episodes) Abigail Cruttenden as Jane Sharpe is often visually striking the action tense & gripping Consistency is maintained by all 14 episodes being directed by Tom Clegg ...

Swashbuckler Richard Sharpe (Sean Bean) marries his sweetheart Jane but immediately has to leave for a daring mission in the Pyrenees While he is away his new wife contracts a deadly disease which has swept through the the British camp but Sharpe realises that he must stay & defeat the French (and his arch-rival Ducos) even though he knows that he may never see his beloved again ...

Richard Sharpe abandoned in enemy territory has to trust in assistance from a hostile American privateer The invasion of France is under way & the British Navy has called upon the services of Major Richard Sharpe He & a small force of riflemen are to capture a fortress & secure a landing on the French coast
- one of the most dangerous missions of his career Through the reckless incompetence of a naval commander Sharpe finds himself abandoned in the heart of enemy territory facing overwhelming forces & the very real prospect of defeat He has no choice but to trust his fortunes to an American privateer
- a man who has no love for the British invaders Soldier hero rogue
- Sharpe is the man you always want on your side Born in poverty he joined the army to escape jail & climbed the ranks by sheer brutal courage He knows no other family than the regiment of the 95th Rifles whose green jacket he proudly wears


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Richard Sharpe who alone can recognise the top French spy is under orders to capture him alive Richard Sharpe is once again at war But this time his enemy is just one man
- the ruthless Colonel Leroux Sharpe's mission is to safeguard El Mirador a spy whose network of agents is vital to British victory Sharpe is forced into a new world of political & military intrigue & in unfamiliar surroundings of aristocratic Spanish society his only guide is La Marquesa
- a woman with her own secrets to conceal Soldier hero rogue
- Sharpe is the man you always want on your side Born in poverty he joined the army to escape jail & climbed the ranks by sheer brutal courage He knows no other family than the regiment of the 95th Rifles whose green jacket he proudly wears


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Action & adventure pursue maverick British rifleman Major Richard Sharpe In this feature-length video the Major is struck down within an inch of his life whilst trying to protect the identity of master spy El Mirador He is nursed back to health by a beautiful girl who has been struck mute after the brutal slaying of her companions Sharpe enters the fray once more not only to save the skin of El Mirador but also to avenge the killings witnessed by the girl ...