The year is something like 1813, the place is Spain. Sir Arthur Wellesley (later to become the Duke of Wellington) is leading a British army into Spain to drive out Napoleon’s army, and younger brother who has usurped the Spanish crown. Wellesley sets out for his morning exercise, a horse ride, with his dog coming along. Suddenly troop of French cavalry appear and take after Wellesley. At the last minute Sergeant Richard Sharpe appears on the scene, rifle in hand. His first shot takes out the leading French rider, some quick hand-to-hand work rifle to sword takes care of the second, and a very quick reload takes out the last. For saving his life, Wellesley promotes Sharpe to lieutenant on the spot.
Sean Bean is slender (something he lost by Game of Thrones years) in a snappy black rifleman’s uniform, a crack shot, a deadly fist fighter, an irrestible ladies man, just the right touch of a British accent. It’s a series, 14 separate episodes, each episode an hour long. Well filmed, excellent sound, all the dialog is understandable. It’s been out for a while; I got it from the Melrose public library maybe 15 years ago.
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