George MacDonald Fraser (1925–2008) – author, historian, journalist, screenwriter – was born 100 years ago #OTD, 2 April, 1925
“His dedication to strongly researched stories, built firmly on a bedrock of historical fact, but always with an eye to the humour of a situation, was the core of what appealed to me”
Historical novelist Michael Jecks discusses MacDonald Fraser’s writing for the Royal Literary Fund:
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