Sheikh and the Dustbin and Other Mcauslan Stories

Informationen zum Autor The author of the famous ‘Flashman Papers’ and the ‘Private McAuslan’ stories, George MacDonald Fraser has worked on newspapers in Britain and Canada. In addition to his novels he has also written numeous films, most notably ‘The Three Musketeers’, ‘The Four Musketeers’, and the James Bond film, ‘Octopussy’. George Macdonald Fraser died in January 2008 at the age of 82. Klappentext These stories continue the career of Private McAuslan! described by his platoon commander as "the biggest walking disaster to hit the British Army since Ancient Pistol"! as he goes across North Africa and Scotland. George MacDonald Fraser is the author of the "Flashman" novels. Zusammenfassung Private McAuslan was 'the biggest walking disaster to hit the Army'. Loosely based on his own experiences in a Scottish regiment, and written with rare humour, a sense of the ludicrous and real affection for soldiering, this is the third volume of George MacDonald Fraser's McAuslan trilogy.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: George MacDonald Fraser, G. MacDonald
• Verlag: Harper Collins Uk
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 08.01.1996
• EAN: 9780006176756
• ISBN: 978-0-00-617675-6
• Seiten: 192
• Abmessung: 110 mm x 175 mm x 10 mm
• Serie: The McAuslan Stories
• Themen: Belletristik > Spannung; FICTION / War & Military, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Short Stories (single author), Fiction: special features, FICTION / Humorous / General, Historical fiction, Historical adventure, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Scotland, FICTION / Thrillers / Historical, FICTION / Small Town & Rural, War & combat fiction, Humorous fiction, Historical adventure fiction, Fiction: pastiche, The Sahara, War, combat and military adventure fiction, Biographical fiction / autobiographical fiction, Fiction based on or inspired by true events, Classic fiction: general and literary