Bill writes: >>>According to Bernard Cornwell (my current favorite author),
during the
> Peninsular wars the English referred to the French as "Crapauds" or toads
> and the French called the English "Goddamns"
>
> Accurate or not he writes a hell of a novel.<<<
Damn... I should have remembered that, having all 17 of his Sharpe novels on
the shelf behind me.
You are right of course, and so was I as you will see if you carry on
reading his excellent books.
As a student of the Napoleonic Wars I can tell you that he is very accurate
indeed. He's walked a lot of the battlefields (as I have, I often look
around at others hoping to bump into him) and his research is impeccable.
Best Cheers
Reverend Frank
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