If you can get your hands on it, it's certainly worth a watch, if only to get a good feeling of how horribly claustrophobic and uncomfortable a ship of that era must have been. Edmund is decidedly pompous, and it takes a while for him to get over himself. However, Sharpe could unbalance *anyone*, certainly a starry-eyed young man! I'm so glad you read it, dear, thank you! :)