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From that collection and originally from the first volume of the trilogy heres the story the general danced at dawn. It is a sequel to the general danced at dawn and concerns life in a highland regiment after the end of world war ii it is slightly more comical in tone than that first collection. The general danced at dawn the late george macdonald fraser, author of the famous flashman series of historical and hysterical novels, was a raconteur of note. The general danced at dawn by fraser, george macdonald at. In the collection the general danced at dawn by george macdonald fraser, private mcauslin shows just why he is unfit for service. George macdonald fraser was famed for his legendary flashman series, featuring the incorrigible knave harry flashman. The sheikh and the dustbin is the third and last collection of short stories by george macdonald fraser, featuring a young scottish officer named dand macneill.
The dance and the dawn tells the tale of six beautiful ladies who came to the court of the queen of ice for a midnight ball, and there danced with seven noble lords, all in pursuit of the true love that could heal their hearts. Macneills performance before the selection board miserable, down to the spectacular finale in the. The serialisation is unabridged, including most of the notes and appendixes and features a few illustrations, collages from various paintings. In the colorful standalone novel captain in calico, which has never been published, fraser introduces another reallife antihero.
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