Based on novels by Bernard Cornwell, Sharpe details the exploits of Richard Sharpe, a British soldier who fights Napoleon on the battlefield and his devious wife on the home front. Sean Bean plays Sharpe, while Abigail Cruttenden portrays Jane. The personal and the political all come to a boil in Sharpes Waterloo, the final episode of the series. Sharpe must face Napoleons army at Waterloo while confronting the man who has cuckolded him, Lord Rossendale. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide