Too Few for Drums
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This tale of the Peninsular Campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars offers unforgettable adventure. A group of ten set out to wend their way out from behind French lines in Portugal and back to the British Army. In the lead is young ensign Keith Graham, trying desperately to elude capture and certain death. At his side is Gwyneth: beautiful, smart, experienced—a woman of the world.
R. F. Delderfield
R. F. Delderfield (1912–1972) was born in South London. On leaving school he joined the Exmouth Chronicle newspaper as a junior reporter and went on to become editor. He began to write stage plays and then became a highly successful novelist, renowned for brilliantly portraying slices of English life. With the publication of his first saga, A Horseman Riding By, he became one of Britain’s most popular authors, and his novels have been bestsellers ever since. Many of his works, including the Horseman Riding By series, To Serve Them All My Days, the Avenue novels, and Diana, were adapted for television.
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