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Death to the French is a 1932 novel of the Peninsular War during the Napoleonic Wars, written by C. S. Forester, the author of the Horatio Hornblower novels. It was also published in the United States under the title Rifleman Dodd.
"Death to the French", aka "Rifleman Dodd", is the story of a seasoned English military man, cut off from his unit, during the Peninsular War, circa 1810. Dodd skillfully evades the opposing French forces, and works with local Portuguese villagers to thwart French operations. Ultimately, Dodd wants to rejoin his unit in the vicinity of Lisbon.
Nov 17, 2010 · Death to the French : Forester, C. S. (Cecil Scott), 1899-1966 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive.
Death to the French is a 1932 novel of the Peninsular War during the Napoleonic Wars, written by C. S. Forester, the author of the Horatio Hornblower novels. It was also published in the United States under the title Rifleman Dodd.
Jul 24, 2021 · Death to the French by Forester, C. S. (Cecil Scott), 1899-1966. Publication date 1952 Topics Peninsular War, 1807-1814 -- Fiction Publisher London : Michael Joseph
Aug 10, 2022 · In C. S. Forester's historical novel 'Death to the French', the raging battle between the British and the French during the Peninsular War serves as the backdrop...
Death to the French!” is the cry echoing throughout Portugal in 1810. Crushed between Napoleon’s imperial ambitions and British commander Lord Wellington’s ruthless determination to thwart them, Portugal is now a desert, the land stripped, its people famished and suffering.
