Repackaged to tie-in with hardback publication of The Reavers and to appeal to a new generation of George MacDonald Fraser fans, Mr American is a swashbuckling romp of a novel.
Mark Franklin came from the American West to Edwardian England with two long-barrelled .44s in his baggage and a fortune in silver in the bank. Where he had got it and what he was looking for no one could guess, although they wondered at Scotland Yard, in City offices, in the glittering theatreland of the West End, in the highest circles of Society (even King Edward was puzzled) and in the humble pub at Castle Lancing. Tall dark and dangerous, soft spoken and alone, with London at his feet and a dark shadow in his past, he was a mystery to all of them, rustics and royalty, squires and suffragettes, the women who loved him and the men who feared and hated him. He came from a far frontier in another world, yet he was by no means a stranger even old General Flashman, who knew men and mischief better than most, never guessed the whole truth about Mr American.
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Praise for Black Ajax:
Mr Fraser is a great historical novelist and in Black Ajax he is at the very top of his form. Damme if he aint. Christopher Matthew, Daily Mail
This is not a flashy novel, wearing its learning noisily. Its rigorous, intelligent, meticulously horrifying. Wonderfully well done. Nicci Gerrard, Observer
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Repackaged to tie-in with hardback publication of 'The Reavers' and to appeal to a new generation of George MacDonald Fraser fans, 'Mr American' is a swashbuckling romp of a novel. Mark Franklin came from the American West to Edwardian England with two long-barrelled .44s in his baggage and a fortune in silver in the bank. Where he had got it and what he was looking for no one could guess, although they wondered -- at Scotland Yard, in City offices, in the glittering theatreland of the West End, in the highest circles of Society (even King Edward was puzzled) and in the humble pub at Castle Lancing. Tall dark and dangerous, soft spoken and alone, with London at his feet and a dark shadow in his past, he was a mystery to all of them, rustics and royalty, squires and suffragettes, the women who loved him and the men who feared and hated him. He came from a far frontier in another world, yet he was by no means a stranger! even old General Flashman, who knew men and mischief better than most, never guessed the whole truth about "Mr American". / A wonderful new package of 'Mr American' to be reissued to coincide with the publication of 'The Reavers', the new hardback from George MacDonald Fraser / This is a book that will be greeted with eager arms by the thousands of devoted MacDonald Fraser fans, as well as a book that will attract legions of new readers
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.
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