![]() ![]() ![]() It is an odd border that divides England and Scotland, set in stone (Hadrian's Wall) in Roman times and enduring to this day. The Steel Bonnets is a broad survey of the Border reivers: "the tribal leaders from their towers, the broken men and outlaws of the mosses, the ordinary peasant of the valley" who plundered, robbed, and destroyed each other's lands back and forth across the Anglo-Scottish border. (Fraser did also go on to use much of this material in his 1993 novel, The Candlemass Road.) The Steel Bonnets, however, focusses almost exclusively on history indeed, it passes easily as a history textbook (though certainly not a dryly academic one). History dominates his books - most notably in the Flashman-papers (see our review of the first installment), but also most of his other fiction, and even his wartime memoirs, Quartered Safe Out Here (see our review). The Steel Bonnets is one of George MacDonald Fraser's more unusual books. ![]() The Archbishop of Glasgow's "Monition of Cursing" against the Border reiversī : solid, broad survey of Border reiver history.The Story of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers.General information | review summaries | our review | links | about the author ![]() Trying to meet all your book preview and review needs. The Steel Bonnets - George MacDonald Fraser ![]()
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