In 1813, Capitaine Jacques St. Ives, a Hussar in the Napoleonic wars, is captured and sent to a Scottish prison camp. He's a swashbuckler, so the prison's commander, Major Farquar Bolingbroke Chevening, asks him for lessons in communicating with women.

Both men have their sights set on the lovely Flora, who lives with her aunt, the well-travelled Miss Susan Emily Gilchrist. By chance, living close to the camp is Jacques' grandfather and brother, whom Jacques believes died years before. Jacques decides to escape, find his relatives, and win the hand of Flora; Major Chevening and an unforeseen enemy stand in his way.

Starring: Jean Marc Barr, Miranda Richardson, Anna Friel, Richard E. Grant, Tim Dutton, Cecille Pallas, Michael Gough, Jason Isaacs

DVD Extras

• A picture gallery

• Cast filmographies

• A Robert Louis Stevenson biography