From the thirteenth to the sixteenth centuries, outlaws reigned supreme on the contentious frontier between England and Scotland. Feud and terror, raid and reprisal, were the ordinary stuff of life?and a way of survival. Power was held by the notorious border reivers (the steel …
From the thirteenth to the sixteenth centuries, outlaws reigned supreme on the contentious frontier between England and Scotland. Feud and terror, raid and reprisal, were the ordinary stuff of life?and a way of survival. Power was held by the notorious border reivers (the steel …
Rogues, criminals, family honor. From the thirteenth to the sixteenth centuries, outlaws reigned supreme on the contentious frontier between England and Scotland. Feud and terror, raid and reprisal were the ordinary stuff of life--and a way of survival. Power was held by the not…
Tells the story of the border reivers: clan-loyal raiders, freebooters, plunderers, and rustlers who worked the border between England and Scotland from the thirteenth to the sixteenth centuries.
From the thirteenth to the sixteenth centuries, outlaws reigned supreme on the contentious frontier between England and Scotland. Feud and terror, raid and reprisal, were the ordinary stuff of life?and a way of survival. Power was held by the notorious border reivers (the steel …
The author recounts the nerve-wracking, front-line action he saw while serving as a nineteen-year-old soldier during what turned out to be the last great land campaign of World War II - the British Army's ferocious campaign against the Japanese in Burma.--From back cover.
George MacDonald Fraser?beloved for his series of Flashman historical novels?offers an action-packed memoir of his experiences in Burma during World War II. Fraser was only 19 when he arrived there in the war's final year, and he offers a first-hand glimpse at the camaraderie, d…
The author recounts the nerve-wracking, front-line action he saw while serving as a nineteen-year-old soldier during what turned out to be the last great land campaign of World War II - the British Army's ferocious campaign against the Japanese in Burma.--From back cover.
From humorist George MacDonald Fraser comes the funniest stories of an inept soldier, now collected in a single volume. The most disastrous soldier to ever serve in the British Army, Private McAuslan, J., the Dirtiest Soldier in the World (alias the Tartan Caliban, or the Highla…
From the author of the international bestselling Flashman series, George MacDonald Fraser, come the hilarious stories of the most disastrous soldier in the British Army. Here are the tales of Private McAuslan, J., the Dirtiest Soldier in the World (alias the Tartan Caliban, or t…
