Bernard Cornwell has created a great series based on the Napoleonic era rifle men Richard Sharpe. The books have also been made into a series of excellent tele movies staring Sean Bean. (Click on the picture or link to see if it is available at Amazon)

The Books:	Video: Movies	DVD:Movies	Title:
			Sharpe's Tiger: Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Seringapatam, 1799
			Sharpe's Triumph: Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Assaye, September 1803
			Sharpe's Fortress: Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Gawilghur, December 1803
NEW			SHARPE'S TRAFALGAR: Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805
			Sharpe's Rifles: Richard Sharpe and the French Invasion of Galicia, January 1809
			Sharpe's Eagle: Richard Sharpe and the Talavera Campaign, July 1809
			Sharpe's Gold: Richard Sharpe and the Destruction of Almeida, August 1810
		Sharpe's Battle	Sharpe's Battle: Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Fuentes de Onoro, May 1811
			Sharpe's Company: Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Badajoz, January to April 1812
Sharpe's Sword : Richard Sharpe and the...			Sharpe's Sword: Richard Sharpe and the Salamanca Campaign, June and July 1812
Sharpe's Enemy : Richard Sharpe and the...			Sharpe's Enemy: Richard Sharpe and the Defence of Portugal, Christmas 1812
Sharpe's Honor			Sharpe's Honor: Richard Sharpe and the Vitoria Campaign, February to June 1813
			Sharpe's Regiment: Richard Sharpe and the Invasion of France, June to November 1813
Not based on a novel			Sharpe's Mission: France, 1813. Bridge blowing up time!
			Sharpe's Siege: Richard Sharpe and the Winter Campaign, January 1814
Not based on a novel			Sharpe's Justice: 1814 - the war is over, and Sharpe, like many other unemployed soldiers, goes back to England to seek work.
Sharpe's Revenge : Richard Sharpe and...			Sharpe's Revenge: Richard Sharpe and the Peace of 1814
			Waterloo: Sharpe's attendence on the great day.
			Sharpe's Devil: Richard Sharpe and the Emperor, 1820-21

**Note the videos come in collections of 4 or 3

Other Series written by Bernard Cornwell

The StarBuck - American Civil war.

	Rebel
Copperhead	Copperhead
	Battle Flag
	The Bloody Ground

The War Lord Chronicles - A new twist on the Arthur Ledgned

	The Winter King: A Novel of Arthur (The Warlord Chronicles: I)
	Enemy of God: A Novel of Arthur (The Warlord Chronicles: II)
	Excalibur: A Novel of Arthur (The Warlord Chronicles: III)

Stonhenge - a prehsitoric Novel about the making of one of the most enigmatic structures man has ever made.

Stonehenge

And the latest just released in 2001 is the story of an english Archer caught up in the travails during the 100 years French and English War.

Red Coat another 'jumped up' ranker, this time during the American Revolution

RedCoat