Told his battalion is to be split up due to lack of recruits at home, Sharpe and Harper return to England to investigate. What should have been a simple query turns politically explosive as they come nearer to exposing profiteering on the home front that could jeopardize the Wellington's war.
Sean Bean
as Richard Sharpe
Daragh O'Malley
as Patrick Harper
Abigail Cruttenden
as Jane Gibbons
Michael Cochrane
as Sir Henry Simmerson
Caroline Langrishe
as Lady Anne Camoynes
James Laurenson
as Major General Ross
John Tams
as Rifleman Daniel Hagman
Nicholas Farrell
as Lord Fenner
Julian Fellowes
as The Prince Regent
Norman Rossington
as Horatio Havercamp
Alexander Armstrong
as Rossendale
Adam James
as Captain Carline