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Sharpe's Prey. Richard Sharpe and the Expedition to Copenhagen, 1807.
London: Harper Collins Publishers, 2001. [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 261 [3]. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine, and maps to endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by David Scutt, priced at £16.99. Slight toning to text block; very near fine. Sharpe dabbles in espionage when he is sent to guard a bribe to the Danish King intended to persuade him to release the large Danish fleet into British custody. As usual Sharpe finds himself underestimated and sold down the river, and his new enemies are served double-helpings of hot revenge. Item #60161
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