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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. While ...
An-yat-heh, an undercover agent of Harry Smith Parkes (Flashman and the Dragon). Aphrodite, one of Miss Susie's "gels" (Flashman and the Redskins). Cassy, an escaped slave who accompanied Flashman up the Mississippi (Flash for Freedom!). Caprice, a French intelligence agent (Flashman and the Tiger) Lady Geraldine (Flashman and the Dragon ...
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 papers are attributed to Harry Paget Flashman, the bully featured in Thomas Hughes's novel, who becomes a well-known Victorian military hero (in Fraser's fictional England). The ...
In 1966, Fraser got the idea to turn Flashman, a fictional coward and bully originally created by Thomas Hughes in Tom Brown's School Days (1857), into a "hero", and he wrote a novel around the character's exploits. The book proved popular and sale of the film rights enabled Fraser to become a full-time writer.
Kingsley Amis was a fan of the Flashman novels and always regarded this book as the best in the series. [1] In The Boston Phoenix, reviewer Michael Gee noted that "The inevitability of the destruction of the Indian tribes is an unlikely topic for a comic novel. Fraser and his rascally 19th-century stand-in are to be commended for making the ...
Harry Paget Flashman - The hero or anti-hero. Jack Speedicut - An old school friend of Harry's, who also appears as a supporting character in Tom Brown's Schooldays. Uliba-Wark - The half-sister of Queen Masteeat. Although initially an ally and lover to Flashman, she vows revenge on him after he throws her over a waterfall.
Flashman at the Charge is a 1973 novel by George MacDonald Fraser. It is the fourth of the Flashman novels. Playboy magazine serialised Flashman at the Charge in 1973 in their April, May and June issues. The serialisation is unabridged, including most of the notes and appendixes, and features a few illustrations, collages from various paintings ...
Pages in category "Flashman novels" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Flashman at the Charge; F.