 The novel was adapted as the first episode of the fifth season of the "Sharpe" television series, introducing Cécile Paoli as Lucille, seeing Alexis Denisof take over the role of Rossendale and guest starring John Benfield as Calvet, Connie Hyde as Lady Molly and Milton Johns as Hopkinson.The adaptation was basically faithful to the novel but lost many of the connections to "Sharpe's Siege" as a result of an original story, "Sharpe's Mission", being placed between the adaptations