At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the British Empire stretched from the English Channel to the Indian Ocean. One of the builders of this empire, a participant in all the wars that England waged at that time, was Rifleman Sharp. In the novel “Trafalgar Rifleman Sharpe”, the hero returns to his homeland after bloody battles in India. But a French battleship boards the ship on which Sharpe is sailing. And this is just the beginning of the hero’s adventures. He still faces release from captivity, a duel with a French spy, true love and participation in one of the most brutal naval battles in European history. In the novel “The Prey of Gunner Sharpe”, the hero, on instructions from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, goes on a secret mission to Copenhagen. Napoleon plans an invasion of neutral Denmark. He wants to capture her powerful fleet. It is vital for the Emperor to compensate for his own losses in the Battle of Trafalgar. Sharpe's task is to thwart the plans of the French.