Sharpe's Prey
1807, Siege of Copenhagen
Published: 23 April 2001
ISBN 0-00-225875-7 (hardcover edition)
ISBN 0-00-651310-7 (paperback edition)
- A Really Good Read
Sharpe's Prey along with Sharpe's Trafalgar are my favorite of the Sharpe prequels which have been written in the recent in the last 10 years. Why? because they are the books most derivative from the Sharpe Formula.
I struggle to separateSharpe's Tiger, Sharpe's Fortress and Sharpe's Triumph in my mind, but these two books stand out in there own right, distinct from the rest.
The writing is always is direct, the chatters strong (sometime too strong threatening to become caricatures), and plot pacy with a few twists.
Without a doubt a very good Sharpe book, not one of the 5 must read Sharpe Books but it sits in the next layer in terms quality, Sharpe's Prey is must read for someone planning to read good number of the Sharpe books
Synopsis
Sharpe's Prey starts out very dark and moody and we see Sharpe the anti hero probably more pronounced than ever before, destitute depressed and on his way out of the army.
It is only a chance meeting with General Baird again that gives Richard Sharpe the opportunity of restoration and redemption. Quickly recruited for a doomed diplomatic mission to Copenhagen, Sharpe finds himself double crossed and without friends in a city about to be attacked by the British Army.
Lost and without friends Sharpe ends up having to protect a reluctant British spy master from french assassins, and managers to recruit his daughter as his only ally.
Sharpe's Prey - Main Characters
Richard Sharpe
Patrick Harper
Rifleman Daniel Hagman
General Baird
Honorable John Lavisser
Barker
Lord Pumphrey
Arthur Wellesley
Captain Gordon
Major Dunnett
Captain Joel Chase
Clouter
Midshipman Harry Collier
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Wise Words
"On no Hamlett was no Irishman, he was a fool"
- Captain Hogan
