Journalist and Author George MacDonald Fraser died on January 2nd.

Born in England of Scottish parents, Fraser joined the British Army in 1943, where he went on to fight in India and Burma. After being made an officer, he then went to fight in North Africa and the Middle East. After the war, he decided to leave the military and worked as a journalist for the Glasgow Herald. It was these wartime experiences that would shape his career as a writer.

Fraser is probably best known as the author of the historical fiction "Flashman" adventure series. These novels feature the travails of the bully Flashman from Tom Brown's Schooldays adult life as a member of the British Army. A rascal, cad and epitome of the term "anti-hero", Flashman still manages to come out on top at the end of each story.

Fraser was also an author of non-fictions works, such as Hollywood History of the World

The Flashman series, as well as Fraser's other works, are available in our Catalogue.