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Fraser was educated at Carlisle Grammar School and Glasgow Academy; [4] he later described himself as a poor student due to "sheer laziness". [3] This meant that he was unable to follow his father's wishes and study medicine.
Besides the Flashman novels, Fraser wrote five other historical novels, three books of short stories, and a scholarly study of the Anglo-Scottish border reivers (raiders), as well as a number of screenplays. He was awarded the order of Officer of the British Empire (OBE) in 1999.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
He attended school in both Carlisle and Glasgow, Scotland. In 1943, several years after Germany's invasion of Poland, which marked the beginning of World War II, Fraser joined the army. During his service, he repeatedly engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese in the jungles of Burma (now Myanmar).
Mar 2, 2017 · George MacDonald Fraser Interview , Father of Flashman- Part 2. This is the second part of my 1995 interview with George MacDonald Fraser on the Isle of Man. His knowledge of history shown in his books, gained without a formal degree, was impressive.
Jan 4, 2008 · Though no one could have been more Scottish in his outward demeanour, George MacDonald Fraser was a Carlisle doctor's son, and educated at the town's grammar school, before indifferent exam results...
Aug 6, 2024 · Creator of Flashman, literature's greatest cad, Fraser peoples his splendidly crafted stories of a Scots regiment in North Africa and Scotland in the Forties with memorable characters:...
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Jan 3, 2008 · By Margalit Fox. Jan. 3, 2008. George MacDonald Fraser, a British writer whose popular novels about the arch-rogue Harry Flashman followed their hero as he galloped, swashbuckled, drank and...
