Old Moustache
SETON MERRIMAN’S Barlasch * of the Guard, a BBC version of which is now coming from 3YL, has the makings of an excellent serial. Such a book as "Barlasch" belongs to the great days of the historical novel, when writers such as Merriman, Weyman, Crockett, Henty and others had arrived at a method of making the Sir Walter Scott style palatable to a large public, The works of these good men seem at a later date often as stodgy as their mighty original, but they had certain notable virtues which were also his. In the first place, the authors knew some history; the redoubtable Henty wrote dozens of historical novels, each one of which dealt with some historical episode, not without colour, and in some cases, requiring a fair measure of general information. Hence Papa Barlasch presented with tremendous vitality is the model for all radio serials; a nice old gentleman himself, half his charm comes from his Napoleonic background — "once a Sergeant-Italy-Egypt-the Danube"and from his being the archtype of the Imperial old soldier, the "grognard" or "vieille moustache," the combination of Odysseus and Old Bill, dear to the French heart. :
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 361, 24 May 1946, Page 11
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192Old Moustache New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 361, 24 May 1946, Page 11
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