Newsbot Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 Novelist George MacDonald Fraser, author of the Flashman series of books and Isle of Man resident, has died at the age of 82. Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/7169047.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 did some work for him years ago, a real gent, R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollag Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Sad news for me His Flashman series led me to areas of history i had no idea about and i maintain that interest to this day [he even stitched the naming of the Loch Prom into one book]. His non fiction work " the steel bonnets" is worthy of a read, an eye opener. Farewell to the "Guvner" Coincidently the subject of "the steel bonnets" is also a program tonight on terrestial, "the reivers" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonan3 Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Very sad news. His research was phenomenal - so much so that it sometimes became difficult to define some of the edges between fact and fiction. As others have said, a gentleman and a true supporter of the IoM. R.I.P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Flynn Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 I agree. A gentleman. He used to travel all over the world. He had an extensive photo library backing up his research. R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave the Cardboard Box Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 He entitled his autobiography of a couple of years ago - "The Light's on at Signpost" As he neared the end of his Life Lap. He has just reached the Grandstand and the Finish. We're all on that Lap, but he went round in some style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Obituary in the UK Independent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave the Cardboard Box Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Has anyone read the autobiography? I actually regret that I did. Some of it was very interesting, and I hoped for some insights from a man who brought history to life in such a clever and marvellous way. In fact, reading it was like being hit over the head with a hundred rolled up Daily Mails wielded by Sir David English, Enoch Powell, Frederick Forsythe, Norman Tebbit and 96 others of similar ilk. Hit from the extreme right hand side of life. I have often been amazed that people, like Fraser, who fought bravely against fascicm, can turn out to be the very thing that they fought against. By all accounts he was a good man though, and brave, and all sympathies to his family. Maybe those views come with age, as Signpost beckons. I hope not. At the moment I am struggling with the right line for Brandywell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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