Sharpe's Prey [SEP] series
Sharpe's Prey
Sharpe's Prey is the fifth historical novel in the Richard Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell, first published in 2001. The story is set in 1807 during the Napoleonic Wars .
Second Lieutenant Richard Sharpe is sent to Copenhagen in 1807 with the job of protecting a nobleman on a secret mission. Sharpe soon discovers that his task is complicated by traitors, spies and the bombardment of Copenhagen.
Plot summary.
The year is 1807, and Richard Sharpe is back in England, where his army career
1811). Cornwell then moved to the beginning of Sharpe's army career in British India with "Sharpe's Tiger" set in 1799, beginning a series of three books, closing with "Sharpe's Prey" set in 1807. Cornwell followed this with two novels and four short stories which lie between "Sharpe's Rifles" (1809) and "Sharpe's Devil" (1820–21).
Cornwell published the non-fiction book "" in September 2014, timely for the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo