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The Flashman Papers is a series of novels and short stories written by George MacDonald Fraser, the first of which was published in 1969. The books centre on the exploits of the fictional protagonist Harry Flashman. He is a cowardly British soldier, rake and cad who is placed in a series of real historical incidents between 1839 and 1894.
Sir Harry Paget Flashman VC, KCB, KCIE is a fictional character created by Thomas Hughes (1822–1896) in the semi-autobiographical Tom Brown's School Days (1857) and later developed by George MacDonald Fraser (1925–2008). Harry Flashman appears in a series of 12 of Fraser's books, collectively known as The Flashman Papers, with covers ...
Nov 11, 2005 · Mr. Fraser has just published the 12th installment, ''Flashman on the March,'' which, like its author, and like Flashman himself, for that matter, shows no signs of flagging.
George MacDonald Fraser. 4.05. 15,057 ratings1,259 reviews. This is an alternative cover edition for ISBN 9780006511250. Coward, scoundrel, lover and cheat, but there is no better man to go into the jungle with. Join Flashman in his adventures as he survives fearful ordeals and outlandish perils across the four corners of the world.
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Presented within the frame of the discovery of the supposedly historical Flashman Papers, this book chronicles the subsequent career of the bully Flashman from Tom Brown's School Days. The book begins with a fictional note explaining that the Flashman Papers were discovered in 1965 during a sale of household furniture in Ashby, Leicestershire. The ...
Flashman's expulsion from Rugby for drunkenness leads him to join the British Army in what he hopes will be a sinecure. He joins the 11th Regiment of Light Dragoons commanded by Lord Cardigan, to whom he toadies in his best style. After an affair with a fellow-officer's lover, he is challenged to a duel but wins after promising a large sum of money...
Fictional characters
1. Harry Paget Flashman - The hero or anti-hero, 2. Elspeth Morrison - His adoring and possibly unfaithful wife, 3. Henry Buckley Flashman - His father, 4. John Morrison - His father-in-law, 5. Judy - His father's mistress and (briefly) Flashman's lover, 6. Bernier - The man he insults and duels with, 7. Josette - Bernier's lover, with whom Flashman has an affair, 8. Fetnab - Flashman's language and sexual tutor in India, 9. Sher Afzul - A GhilzaiKhan to whom Flashman is sent as an emissary,...
Historical characters
1. Thomas Hughes - The author of Tom Brown's Schooldays. 2. Thomas Arnold- The headmaster of Rugby School. 3. Lord Cardigan- Flashman's original commanding officer, whom he describes as "amusing, frightening, vindictive, charming, and downright dangerous" and "too stupid ever to be afraid". 4. Captain John Reynolds - embroiled in "The Black Bottle Affair" with Lord Cardigan. 5. Lord Auckland - Governor-General of India. 6. Sir Robert Henry Sale - Commander at the Battle of Jellalabad. 7. Lady...
George MacDonald Fraser was a journalist who dreamt of becoming a novelist. He wrote a straight historical novel in the mid-1950s which no one would publish and came to feel that he would achieve success only if he did something in a more comical vein. In 1966 he came up with the idea of basing a novel around Harry Flashman from Tom Brown's School ...
When the book was published in America, several reviewers thought it was true. Reviews were generally positive. By 1970 the book had sold over 200,000 copies in paperback and its success – notably the sale of the film rights – enabled Fraser to leave journalism and become a full-time writer. It also compelled him to move to the Isle of Manto avoid ...
Film rights were sold to Bob Booker and George Foster's Cinema Organization company, and initial plans called for a movie to be directed by Richard Lester. In August 1969 it was announced the script would be written by Charles Woodwith filming to start early the following year. Lester admired the book greatly, saying "it was an extraordinary period...
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Nov 7, 2013 · THE COMPLETE FLASHMAN PAPERS is the entire collection of Flashman’s perilous missions across the world. Spanning from 1839 right through to 1894 the incorrigible Flashman fears all evil and when it comes to voluptuous queens and princesses he has be known to waver from his mission. Filled to the gunnels with escapades of unwavering excitement ...
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Nov 7, 2013 · George MacDonald Fraser is best known for his Flashman series of historical novels, purportedly written by Harry Flashman, a fictional coward and bully originally created by Thomas Hughes in Tom Brown's School Days. The novels are presented as "packets" of memoirs written by the nonagenarian Flashman, who looks back on his days as a hero of the British Army during the 19th century.
