"The most important discovery since the Boswell Papers", commented one. When the first instalment of The Flashman Papers, the entirely fictional memoirs, created by Fraser, of an entirely fictional Victorian, created by Thomas Hughes in Tom Brown's Schooldays, first appeared in the US, around a third of its 40 reviewers believed they were a genuine historical find. He has also turned his hand to screenwriting, most notably the screenplays of Octopussy and The Three Musketeers. When he was not subsequently confirmed in the position, he promised his wife he would "write them out" of their financial difficulties, and began working on Flashman at the kitchen table, although it still took him several years to find a publisher. From 1947 until 1969 he worked as a journalist in England, Canada and Scotland, and spent a brief period as acting editor of the Glasgow Herald.
Other jobsįraser joined the army in 1943, fighting in India and Burma during the second world war and later serving with the Gordon Highlanders in the Middle East.
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