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Sharpe's Prey: Richard Sharpe and the Expedition to Copenhagen, 1807 Summary & Study Guide Description
Sharpe's Prey: Richard Sharpe and the Expedition to Copenhagen, 1807 Summary & Study Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. This study guide contains the following sections:
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Sharpe's Prey is a novel in a series that tells the stories of the daring adventures of British Army soldier Richard Sharpe. This novel covers a time soon after Sharpe is promoted to lieutenant. Sharpe is struggling to find his place in his new rank and he is contemplating leaving the army when he is tasked with a covert mission to Copenhagen in the summer of 1807.
The novel opens as two men are fencing at an exclusive London club. One of the men is Captain Willsen, perhaps the finest swordsman in England. After the match Willsen meets Captain John Lavisser who invites him to dinner for the purpose of discussing their upcoming mission to Denmark. Along the way to dinner, Lavisser leads Willsen down a narrow alley where a man in Lavisser's employ kills Willsen.
The first appearance of the main character, Richard Sharpe, shows him in a foul...
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