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would probably be even less likely to find a publisher today than 60 years ago, and we do not want readers to be deceived into thinking it is vintage George MacDonald Fraser, and of the standard of the
Flashman novels, or the McAuslan short stories. Indeed, we thought long and hard before allowing it
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The publication has come about because we had to sell all those books in my father’s library, and we went through my father’s favourite bookshop, Heywood Hill, in
Mayfair, who wanted something original like a pamphlet he had written, to help publicise the sale. So we thought, what about the first
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In the last room, right in the corner, in what had been my father’s old study, was a fireproof safe which we had forgotten about. It took us a while to get the combination. And in there was this manuscript which he'd clearly put away hoping, I think, it would be found. If he had plans for another
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chapter of this book he'd written. Would that do? And
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Flashman novel, he didn't leave any trace behind, because I don't think he wanted anyone to use material that he had half-prepared. But this was on its own, and in the safe.
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