The Steel Bonnets

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The Steel Bonnets
Author George MacDonald Fraser
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre history
Publication date
1971

The Steel Bonnets is a 1971 historical non-fiction book by George MacDonald Fraser about the Border Reivers.[1][2]

Fraser researched the book with his wife.[3] It concentrates mainly on the 16th century, and seeks to de-glamourise the period in some ways.[4]

References

  1. Stanley Reynolds, "George MacDonald Fraser: He created Harry Flashman, tormentor of Tom Brown turned comical anti-hero", The Guardian, 4 January 2008 accessed 23 November 2012
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  3. George MacDonald Fraser, The Light's On at Signpost, HarperCollins 2002 p304-307
  4. The age of the Borderers. .. Hugh Trevor-Roper. The Sunday Times (London, England), Sunday, October 31, 1971; pg. 41; Issue 7743.