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Some credit must go to "Editor" Fraser, whose excellent legitimate history of the Scottish borders, The Steel Bonnets (Knopf), has just been published. Equipped with nothing more than a few basic history texts and a taste for turpitude, Fraser now appears to be parlaying the fictional recollections of his imaginary character into something closely resembling a perpetual motion novel. Of course it helps to have a rotter like Harry Flashman up front. "Bluff, my boy-bluff, shift and lie for the sake of your neck and the honor of Old England." "Charles Elliott
...past, through sheer brains and talent, Scottish Novelist Muriel Spark has got away with pretty much anything she wanted to-ghosts, angels, a devil selling tape recorders to African witch doctors, a London mock Eden for young ladies, some of whom were immolated for lusting after a Schiaparelli dress. But what we have here is a grim little all-purpose parody and microcosm-with resonances that echo in all directions but never quite ring true...
...explode into civil war, Northcliffe went to the scene and ordered up a team of ten reporters, a ship to ferry copy to Scotland in case cable lines were cut, motorboats, caches of petrol, a fleet of cars. "Rolls-Royce for preference," commanded Northcliffe. "Fords," muttered Northcliffe's Scottish aide under his breath...
...England's Henry II. For the next four centuries, the English tried sporadically and without success to conquer the Emerald Isle. In 1601, however, an army of Elizabeth I defeated the last of the great Roman Catholic earls, and their lands were turned over to English and Scottish colonizers of the Protestant faith. Much of Ireland's history since then has been a record of bloodshed and trouble. Some milestones: 1690. King James II of England, a Catholic convert, was defeated at the Battle of the Boyne by his Calvinist successor, William of Orange. In succeeding years...
Hard work, frugality and a sharp business sense-all part of the Scottish Presbyterian tradition-are the mark of an Ulsterman. In contrast with the Irish Republic, Ulster in some respects is relatively permissive. Playboy, X-rated films and strip shows are available, as are contraceptive devices. Divorce is legal. Dour religiosity, however, prevails in the Protestant areas of the North. Pubs and cinemas are closed Sundays, and even the children's swings in the parks are padlocked. The Ulsterman, it is said, treats his Sunday properly...