Bernard Cornwell · 2001 · sea

Bernard Cornwell's 2001 novel. In 1807, newly commissioned Lieutenant Richard Sharpe is sent from England to Copenhagen, guarding a diplomat carrying gold to keep the Danish fleet out of Napoleon's hands. Hunted through the city's streets by French agents, Sharpe is caught in the great British bombardment that pounds Copenhagen into surrender.

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   England

   Reeling from a personal loss and newly made an officer, Sharpe is plucked from England for a secret errand: escort a British agent and his chest of gold across the sea to Denmark.

2. 2
   The Skagerrak

   The great British fleet sweeps across the North Sea and rounds the northern tip of Denmark, threading the narrow Danish straits toward the Baltic and the rich prize of the Danish navy at Copenhagen.

3. 3
   Copenhagen

   In Copenhagen, hunted through the streets by French spies, Sharpe is trapped as the British batteries open up - a merciless bombardment of the neutral city that burns it into surrendering its fleet.