The Steel Bonnets

**Streetcar** · 28th August 08, 08:43 AM

By George MacDonald Fraser has just been re-released. Got my copy in my bag and anxiously waiting to sit down with it!

**Mr. MacDougall** · 28th August 08, 09:39 AM

Ah, keen. Thanks for letting us know!

**Kerr the Walker** · 28th August 08, 09:40 AM

A fantastic read! I learned all about what a bunch of thieves and all about hooligans my fore beareres were.

**Woodsheal** · 28th August 08, 10:02 AM

Great book! My wife is a Charlton, descended from the Tynedale Charltons, one of the "riding families" on the English side of the Border....

**Macman** · 28th August 08, 03:01 PM

Thanks for letting us know. I just put it on my wish list. Lock the door, Lariston!

**Jack Daw** · 28th August 08, 05:07 PM

In addition to the MacNeill/MacAuslan tales and The Flashman series, The Steel Bonnets is a must read! I have Kerr and Turner in my background. It's too bad we lost GMF last January.

**BEEDEE** · 29th August 08, 05:41 AM

It's a great read. That's how I found my Dodds family origins.

Brian

**macwilkin** · 29th August 08, 06:09 AM

Originally Posted by Jack Daw

In addition to the MacNeill/MacAuslan tales and The Flashman series, The Steel Bonnets is a must read! I have Kerr and Turner in my background. It's too bad we lost GMF last January.

The MacAuslan series is a semi-autobiographical account of GMF's post-war service with the Gordons. During WWII, he served with the Border Regiment in Burma, and chronicled his experiences in Quartered Safe out Here.

Regards,

Todd

**vmac3205** · 29th August 08, 08:02 AM

Originally Posted by Streetcar

By George MacDonald Fraser has just been re-released. Got my copy in my bag and anxiously waiting to sit down with it!

Hey Streetcar,

I don't know what area of the Emerald City you live in, but while I had some time to kill a few months back. I found a great bookstore. Can't think of the name, but it is in the old Ballard library, right in Ballard. Check it out, They have some great books and the largest nautical section I have seen.

Victoria

**Jack Daw** · 29th August 08, 10:08 AM

Originally Posted by cajunscot

The MacAuslan series is a semi-autobiographical account of GMF's post-war service with the Gordons. During WWII, he served with the Border Regiment in Burma, and chronicled his experiences in Quartered Safe out Here.

Regards,

Todd

Yes, the last book of his I read was Quartered Safe Out Here, which is quite a revelation about his experiences in wartime Burma. I recommend it, but humor is at the minimum as it is very much a frank story.