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      These novels are entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in them are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      The General Danced at Dawn first published by Barrie & Jenkins Ltd. 1970

      ‘The General Danced at Dawn’ and ‘Guard and the Castle’ were first published in Scotland’s Magazine under the by-line ‘By Dand MacNeill’, and part of ‘Monsoon Selection Board’ in The Red Poppy.

      The Sheikh and the Dustbin first published by Collins Harvill 1988

      McAuslan in the Rough first published by Barrie & Jenkins Ltd 1970

      Copyright © George MacDonald Fraser 1970, 1988, 1974

      George MacDonald Fraser asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of these works

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      Source ISBN: 9780006513711

      Ebook Edition © DECEMBER 2013 ISBN: 9780007325665 Version: 2018-11-01

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

Copyright

       The General Danced at Dawn

Monsoon Selection Board

Silence in the Ranks

Play Up, Play Up, and Get Tore In

Wee Wullie

The General Danced at Dawn

Night Run to Palestine

The Whisky and the Music

Guard at the Castle

       Author’s Note

       The Sheikh and the Dustbin

      The Servant Problem

      Captain Errol

      The Constipation of O’Brien

      The Sheikh and the Dustbin

       McAuslan, Lance-Corporal

      The Gordon Women

      Ye mind Jie Dee, Fletcher?

      Extraduction

      Author’s Note

      Glossary

       McAuslan in the Rough

       Bo Geesty

       Johnnie Cope in the Morning

       General Knowledge, Private Information

       Parfit Gentil Knight, But

       Fly Men

       McAuslan in the Rough

       His Majesty Says Good-Day

       Author’s Note

       Glossary

       Keep Reading

       About the Author

       Also by the Author

       About the Publisher

      THE GENERAL DANCED AT DAWN

      GEORGE MACDONALD FRASER

      For my father.

       Monsoon Selection Board

      Our coal-bunker is old, and it stands beneath an ivy hedge, so that when I go to it in wet weather, I catch the combined smells of damp earth and decaying vegetation. And I can close my eyes and be thousands of miles away, up to my middle in a monsoon ditch in India, with my face pressed against the tall slats of a bamboo fence, and Martin-Duggan standing on my shoulders, swearing at me while the rain pelts down and soaks us. And all

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