Brazenhead the Great

In "Brazenhead the Great," Mr. Hewlett describes a character and a career in which Munchausen and Falstaff are adroitly combined. Readers of Hewlett have known "Brazenhead" for some time, and have found joy in him as a perfectly unscrupulous braggart, a soldier of fortune, and a maker of mighty tales. In this volume he is at his worst - that is to say, at his best. His adventures pass belief, but they are told with a smoothness of manner and a simplicity of belief which make them quite cred...