Sharpe's Prey Carter Dickson Alkibiades flees persecution in his

Alkibiades flees persecution in his native city to join the Spartan cause

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Over the coming days it becomes increasingly clear that something has changed

the rumours no longer seem so far-fetched

A propulsive and ambitious novel as electrifying as The Wire

Sharpe's Prey Carter Dickson Alkibiades flees persecution in hisThe eighteenth novel in this bestselling series takes Sharpe to battle in Copenhagen. It is 1807 and Sharpe, back from India and Trafalgar, has joined the newly formed Greenjackets but his career is in ruins, and his future in the army apparently hopeless. He is rescued from disgrace by General Sir David Baird, an old comrade from India, who needs a disposable man for a mission in Copenhagen. An army is travelling to the Danish capital to enforce