Yeah, I just finished The Archers Tale and I'm hoping the sequel (Vagabond)
will come out in soft cover before I can't wait any longer.
Bill Lawrence
Frank Elson wrote:
> 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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