Dawn

December 23, 2024

The General Danced at Dawn (Review)

eorge MacDonald Fraser wrote many great books across his long literary life including the Flashman Series. I’ve been reading him since my teens. And I can’t explain it but I had a recent dream were I remembered (in disjointed parts) the story The General Danced at Dawn. Decided to reread it so I carried it with me to the local botanical gardens and bought a coffee and sat down and read it again. So Fraser’s McAuslan series deals with “the dirtiest soldier in the world”. He is based (along with the narrator) in a fictional Scottish unit in the North […]