{"product_id":"sharpes-prey","title":"Sharpe'S Prey","description":"\u003cp\u003eProduct Description      \u003cbr\u003e\nThe eighteenth novel in this bestselling series takes Sharpe to battle in Copenhagen.\u003cbr\u003e\nIt is 1807 and Lieutenant Richard Sharpe, recently returned to England, is offered a new job: go to Copenhagen, help the Honourable John Lavisser deliver a bribe, and so stop a war. It seems very easy.\u003cbr\u003e\nBut nothing is easy in a Europe stirred by French ambitions. The Danes possess a battle fleet that could replace every warship the French lost at Trafalgar and Napoleon’s forces are gathering to take it. The British must stop them.\u003cbr\u003e\nSharpe is ordered to protect Lavisser against the French agents who infest the Danish capital. It is a shadow war of spies and brutality in which Sharpe is a sacrificial pawn. But sometimes pawns can change the game and Sharpe, when he discovers a traitor in their midst, makes his own rules.\u003cbr\u003e\nAs the Danish army attempts to raise the British siege, it is met by Sir Arthur Wellesley with a force of redcoats and riflemen. Copenhagen is doomed. In nights of merciless British bombardment, Sharpe must protect a woman, hunt his traitor and stay alive.\u003cbr\u003e\n      Review      \u003cbr\u003e\n‘The novel has plenty of action sequences, plenty of well-researched historical titbits, but the true glory of the Sharpe books lies in their characterisation.’ Sunday Telegraph\u003cbr\u003e\n‘All the perfect ingredients for an action-packed and page-turning read.’ The Times\u003cbr\u003e\n‘What a very fine writer Mr Cornwell has become’ The Economist\u003cbr\u003e\n      From the Back Cover      \u003cbr\u003e\nIt is 1807 and Lieutenant Richard Sharpe, recently returned to England, is offered a new job: go to Copenhagen, help the Honourable John Lavisser deliver a bribe, and so stop a war. It seems very easy.\u003cbr\u003e\nBut nothing is easy in a Europe stirred by French ambitions. The Danes possess a battle fleet that could replace every warship the French lost at Trafalgar and Napoleon's forces are gathering to take it. The British must stop them.\u003cbr\u003e\nSharpe is ordered to protect Lavisser against the French agents who infest the Danish capital. It is a shadow war of spies and brutality in which Sharpe is a sacrificial pawn. But sometimes pawns can change the game and Sharpe, when he discovers a traitor in their midst, makes his own rules.\u003cbr\u003e\nAs the Danish army attempts to raise the British siege, it is met by Sir Arthur Wellesley with a force of redcoats and riflemen. Copenhagen is doomed. In nights of merciless British bombardment, Sharpe must protect a woman, hunt his traitor and stay alive. \u003cbr\u003e\n      About the Author      \u003cbr\u003e\nBernard Cornwell was born in London, raised in Essex and worked for the BBC for eleven years before meeting Judy, his American wife. Denied an American work permit he wrote a novel instead and has been writing ever since. He and Judy divide their time between Cape Cod and Charleston, South Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45170373230771,"sku":"9780006513100","price":156.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/51PW3qFJC1L_21682361-e0fd-470a-8c1a-ab6c036d9348.jpg?v=1765281997","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/sharpes-prey","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}