Sharpe's Prey
The Expedition to Denmark, 1807

Cornwell’s telling of the Napoleonic Wars period in English history is done in a series of nearly two dozen books that focus on the land battles as seen through the eyes of the common man. I have not read them all but I find them enlightening, thrilling and entertaining. This book is a bit different......more

Review on English, followed by the Bulgarian one. Ревюто на английски е първо, следва това на български. Another excellent novel from Sharpe series, set two years after the Battle of Trafalgar. Everything should be fine with him, but that's not the case ... Penniless, with a bleeding heart and a creepi......more

Sharpe's Prey is the first Sharpe book I really found exceptional. The four adventures in India and Trafalgar were fair and compelled me to read on, but Sharpe's Prey has actually made me a true fan of Cornwell's "great British hero." My admiration for the stories is grounded in the bold statement st......more

Read this book in 2006, and its the 5th part, in chronological order, of the great Richard Sharpe series. The year is Ad 1807 and Richard Sharpe back from India and Trafalgar finds his career in ruins ans in disgrace. He's going to be rescued from his gloomy mood by an old comrade of his from India, G......more

Sharpe finds himself in the thick of the 1807 British campaign to destroy the Danish navy anchored in Copenhagen before the French can seize the ships and pose another invasion threat. Vividly described action, conflicted protagonists risking both their lives and careers and impressive historical de......more