

England, Summer 1814. Sharpe returns to England, with his reputation fully restored. He is soon ordered to the North of England to take command of a local militia force in his home town as it is troubled with unrest and machine-breakers. Sharpe finds that he is torn between two sides - that of the corrupt gentry and that of his own people, the rough, tough and spirited masses who are kept down by their superiors. He finds himself faced with one of the hardest decisions of his life.
Major Richard Sharpe

Sergeant Major Patrick Harper

Jane Sharpe

Lord John Rossendale

Matt Truman

Captain George Wickham

Sir Willoughby Parfitt

Lady Anne Camoynes

Saunders

Stanwyck

Daniel Hagman

Sally Bunting

Lieutenant Fosdyke

Whitbread
Mrs. Trent

Arnold

Horse Guards Clerk

Sam West