Sharpe's Prey. Richard Sharpe and the Expedition to Copenhagen, 1807.

CORNWELL, Bernard (born 1944).

London: Harper Collins Publishers, 2001. [Historical Fiction] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 261 [3]. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to title page: 'For Alan | with all good wishes | Bernard Cornwell.' 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. Light handling. Moderate toning to edges and margins, as usual. 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 #61327

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