Quote by: George MacDonald Fraser

I was sufficiently recovered from my nervous condition – or else the booze was beginning to work – to be able to discuss with Rudi the merits of checked or striped trousers, which had been the great debate among the London nobs that year. I was a check-er myself, having the height and leg for it, but Rudi thought they looked bumpkinish, which only shows what damned queer taste they had in Austria in those days. Of course, if you’ll put up with Metternich you’ll put up with anything.


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Author Bio


  • NameGeorge MacDonald Fraser
  • DescriptionEnglish-born author of Scottish descent
  • BornApril 2, 1925
  • DiedJanuary 2, 2008
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionScreenwriter; Author; Novelist; Autobiographer
  • AwardsOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire