Quartered Safe Out Here - by George MacDonald Fraser (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>George MacDonald Fraser--beloved for his series of Flashman historical novels--offers an action-packed memoir of his experiences in Burma fighting the Japanese during World War II. An excellent popular historian. --<i>Time</i> Magazine</b> <p/>In this rattling-good memoir, novelist, historian, and screenwriter Fraser vividly recounts the nerve-racking frontline action he saw while serving as a nineteen-year-old soldier during what turned out to be the last great land campaign of World War II--the British army's ferocious campaign against the Japanese in Burma. The realism of his story, combined with the skills of a talented novelist, create a book of sentiment and excitement. This is unforgettable reading, both for fans of Fraser's novels and for anyone interested in one of the great battles of World War II. <p/>Fraser offers a firsthand glimpse at the camaraderie, danger, and satisfactions of service. A substantial epilogue, occasioned by the fiftieth anniversary of V-J Day in 1995, adds poignancy to a volume that eminent military historian John Keegan described as "one of the great personal memoirs of the Second World War."<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>No doubt one of the great memoirs of the Second World War. --John Keegan <p/>Fraser is an excellent popular historian. --<i>Time Magazine</i> <p/><i>Quartered Safe Out Here</i>, an account of his experiences as a soldier in the Burma Campaign, is as vivid, compassionate, and courageous a picture of small-scale fighting as any the Second World War produced. --<i>National Review</i> <p/>George MacDonald Fraser writes superbly. --<i>Washington Post</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>George MacDonald Fraser served in World War II and went on to become a journalist, novelist, and screenwriter. He has won critical and popular acclaim for his successful Flashman series of historical novels. He died at the age of eighty-two on January 2, 2008.
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