George MacDonald Fraser Quote
On occasion they were cut down in cold blood or hanged on the spot; in the saying of the Border, which has passed into the language, they had been taken red-hand, which was in the deede doinge, and the law was not likely to call a trod-follower to account if his rage got the better of him and he despatched a reiver out of
George MacDonald Fraser
On occasion they were cut down in cold blood or hanged on the spot; in the saying of the Border, which has passed into the language, they had been taken red-hand, which was in the deede doinge, and the law was not likely to call a trod-follower to account if his rage got the better of him and he despatched a reiver out of
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About George MacDonald Fraser
George MacDonald Fraser (2 April 1925 – 2 January 2008) was a Scottish author and screenwriter. He is best known for a series of works that featured the character Flashman. Over the course of his career he wrote eleven novels and one short-story collection in the Flashman series of novels, as well as non-fiction, short stories, novels and screenplays—including those for the James Bond film Octopussy, The Three Musketeers (along with both its sequels) and an adaptation of his own novel Royal Flash.