Fred MajdalanyFred Majdalany was born in Manchester in 1913. During the war he fought in North Africa, Sicily and Italy, was wounded and was awarded the M.C. In the closing months of the war, when he was Chief Instructor of an OCTU, he wrote his first novel, TheMonastery, which has since been adapted for BBC transmission. From 1946 he wrote for the Daily Mail. Read More Read Less