"A remarkably successful book on a fascinating subject, well organized and well written." Time's Literary Supplement From the thirteenth to the sixteenth centuries, outlaws reigned supreme on the contentious frontier between England and Scotland. Feud and terror, raid and reprisal were the ordinary stuff of lifeand a way of survival. Power was held by the notorious border reivers (the steel bonnets,” named for their flashy helmets), clan-loyal raiders, freebooters, plunderers, and rustlers who robbed and murdered in the name of family: the famous clanslike Elliot, Armstrong, Charlton, and Robsonromanticized by Sir Walter Scott. They were the last opponents to the Acts of Union of 1707, and fought fiercely and fancifully to the end. In The Steel Bonnets, George MacDonald Fraser, author of the bestselling Flashman novels and himself a borderer, takes us back through three centuries of conflict, telling the fascinating and bloody story of the reivers. He relates their rise to power as ferocious soldiers on horseback, their important roles in the battles at Flodden and Solway Moss, and their surprisingly sudden fall from grace. The Steel Bonnets is a superb work of serious history and scholarship that is as irresistibly compelling as any novel. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

The Steel Bonnets: The Story of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers

Fraser,George MacDonald

Vintage/Ebury (A Division of Random House Group)

New York: SIMON and SCHUSTER. First edition. 557pages. Hardcover with dust jacket in mylar cover in very good plus condition. Boards are in very good plus condition. This copy is the Simon and Schuster edition. D.J. is different than what is pictured.

Mr. American

Literature & Fiction

Action & Adventure

Collins

Volume VI of THE FLASHMAN PAPERS 1842-45, reissued in B format paperback, in celebration of the thirtieth anniversary of the creation of Flashman.

FLASHMANS LADY

Genre Fiction

HarperCollins, Publishers

A book of short stories from the author of the books about Flashman. George Macdonald Fraser is also the author of two other books of short stories, "McAuslan in the Rough" and "The Sheikh and the Dustbin" and a history book, "The Steel Bonnets: The Story of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers".

"The General Danced at Dawn" and Other Stories

Royal Flash

In Volume II of the Flashman Papers, Flashman tangles with femme fatale Lola Montez and the dastardly Otto Von Bismarck in a battle of wits which will decide the destiny of a continent. In this volume of The Flashman Papers, Flashman, the arch-cad and toady, matches his wits, his talents for deceit and malice, and above all his speed in evasion against the most brilliant European statesman and against the most beauiful and unscrupulous adventuress of the era. From London gaming-halls and English hunting-fields to European dungeons and throne-rooms, he is involved in a desperate succession of escapes, disguises, amours and (when he cannot avoid them) hand-to-hand combats. All the while, the destiny of a continent rests on his broad and failing shoulders.

Contemporary

HarperCollins Publishers, Ltd

Physical description: 479 p. ; 22 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references. Subject: Fiction.

Flashman and the Redskins: From the Flashman Papers, 1849-50 and 1875-76

British & Irish

Wm. Collins Sons & Co.

First Edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Dust jacket art by Quentin Blake.

The sheikh and the dustbin and other McAuslan stories

Humor & Satire

Collins, Harvill

Black Ajax

Based on a true story, this novel tells of Tom Molineux, an American slave who won his freedom in a fight in the American South. He then set his sights on beating the champion of the country where prize fighting originated, the famous Tom Cribb of Bristol.

HARPER/COLLINS

Flashman and the Tiger, and Other Extracts from the Flashman Papers

Flashman and the Tiger, and Other Extracts from the Flashman Papers

Harpercollins

This ninth volume of The Flashman Papers finds that history’s most unheroic hero, Sir Harry Flashman, is back in India, where his saga began. This time, our hero is sent by Her Majesty's Secret Service to spy on the corrupt court of Lahore, on India's Northwest Frontier. Flashy deals with a ravishing maharini and her equally sex-hungry maid, joins forces with an American adventurer with royal ambitions, and attempts to win the brightest jewel in England’s imperial crown at the cost of something he will never miss—namely, his honor.

Flashman and the Mountain of Light

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Books by Fraser,George MacDonald

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The Steel Bonnets: The Story of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers

Mr. American

FLASHMANS LADY

"The General Danced at Dawn" and Other Stories

Royal Flash

Flashman and the Redskins: From the Flashman Papers, 1849-50 and 1875-76

The sheikh and the dustbin and other McAuslan stories

Black Ajax

Flashman and the Tiger, and Other Extracts from the Flashman Papers

Flashman and the Mountain of Light