On the occasion of Heywood Hill putting George MacDonald Fraser's Working Library up for sale (2 June to 31 July), publisher Christopher Maclehose reminisces about The derring-do that created Flashman in The Spectator.
I'm a big fan of the Flashman-books -- but Maclehose also suggests:
I'm a big fan of the Flashman-books -- but Maclehose also suggests:
His best book is Quartered Safe out Here, which I have often heard described as the finest military memoir ever written.Not all that many books are purchased by visitors to the complete review via the Amazon.com-links on each page, but Quartered Safe out Here is one of those purchased in a (still tiny) volume all out of proportion to the limited number of page-views the review gets (other unlikely (relatively) best-sellers: The Wittgenstein House and Yoruba Proverbs).