Record Added: 9/15/2020 Series Richard Sharpe Adventures #5 Setting  Denmark Topic History: Military, Other Historical Fiction Publisher Harper Collins Publishers ISBN 0060002522 Year 2002 Age Adult Pages 272 Description Printed dustjacket
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Though Richard Sharpe usually spends his days foiling enemies on gritty battlefields, this time around he is assigned to a delicate diplomatic mission. After returning from a successful tour of duty in India, Richard has a difficult time readjusting to the petty distinctions and distractions of His Majesty's army in Britain. Humiliated by his relegation to the post of quartermaster and desolated by the death of his beloved Grace, an embittered Richard contemplates resigning his recently acquired commission.
Persuaded by a wily old general to serve as bodyguard to Captain John Lavisser, aide to the duke of York, on a top-secret expedition to Denmark, he welcomes the change of scenery and relishes the opportunity to flex his considerable muscles. When Lavisser is exposed as a double agent determined to secure the Danish fleet for France, Richard must rely on his native intelligence and his formidable combat skills to stay alive in an elaborately crafted game of cat-and-mouse. |
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Sharpe's Prey: Richard Sharpe & the Expedition to Denmark, 1807
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