When the incompetent Sir Henry Simmerson (Cochrane) loses most of his men and his regimental flag during battle, Sharpe (Bean), spurred by the memory of a friend who was recently killed sets out for revenge. He is determined to capture the French mascot, a carved golden eagle which is carried into combat. Sharpe is also looking to settle a personal score with two arrogant officers who have angered him at their mistreatment of the elegant widow Josefina...

Sharpe (Bean) is sent to protect El Mirador, Wellington's best spy, and finds himself a target of Colonel Leroux (Fierry), a ferocious French swordsman who has been commanded to capture El Mirador. When Sharpe is wounded in battle, a mute French convent girl (Mortimer) comes to his aid.

The adventures of a maverick British officer who fights behind French lines in Spain and Portugal during the Napoleonic wars.

Hunting for lost Aztec gold, Sharpe runs afoul of a local partisan leader (Folk); Wellington's cousin Bess (Linehan), searching for her lost gold-prospecting husband, shows up with her daughter (Ashbourne) and gets mixed up in the mess.

British officer Richard Sharpe is given the task of preparing the hitherto purely ceremonial Royal Irish Company for real battle. The commander's ambitious wife and false rumors of a massacre in Ireland complicate the job.

Sharpe's siege: "Newlywed Sharpe must leave his sick wife to capture and hold a French castle, while Wellington forces a passage through Napoleon's flank"--Container. Sharpe's mission: "While the French wait to see where Wellington will strike next, Sharpe travels behind enemy lines to blow up a French general's gunpowder supply"--Container. Sharpe's revenge: "Framed by Napoleon's spy, Ducos, Sharpe is accused of stealing Napoleon's treasure, convicted...

Follows a variety of characters through the Peninsular War in 1810.