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The author of the famous ‘Flashman Papers’ and the ‘Private McAuslan’ stories, George MacDonald Fraser has worked on newspapers in Britain and Canada. In addition to his novels he has also written numeous films, most notably ‘The Three Musketeers’, ‘The Four Musketeers’, and the James Bond film, ‘Octopussy’. George Macdonald Fraser died in January 2008 at the age of 82.
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Wild Borders Cowboys,
By History Man (Bristol) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Steel Bonnets: Story of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers (Paperback)
If you have read any of George MacDonald Fraser's Flashman books, you'll know that he can spin a brilliant yarn. That magic touch is more than apparent here. The Steel Bonnets reads like a fast-paced adventure novel, revealing the border lands between England and Scotland in the sixteenth century as a British Wild West, but the facts and analysis come thick and fast and never cease to fascinate. Just brilliant.
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An excellent account of the Border Reivers and their times.,
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This review is from: The Steel Bonnets: Story of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers (Paperback)
This book is highly entertaining. George MacDonald Fraser successfully relates the life and times of the Border Reivers in a way which had me laughing one minute and horrified the next. One could make a comparison between the Borders of Scotland and England and the American Wild West or indeed the Sicilian Mafia. Reading this book has really opened my eyes to a phenomenon of the past which is still present at many frontiers all around the world.
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magnificent,
By An avid reader (Newcastle upon Tyne) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Steel Bonnets: Story of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers (Paperback)
A wonderful history of a sadly overlooked part of English/Scottish history.
Fascinating, gripping, bloody and violent - a truly fabulous account of the Reivers and their culture. GMF writes in a great style which keeps you gripped and entertained from the first page to the last. This book is perfect for anyone with the slightest interest is English/Scottish history - but to be honest, it's such a cracking read I can't think of anyone who wouldnt enjoy it.
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