George MacDonald Fraser






George MacDonald Fraser

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born
April 02, 1925

died
January 02, 2008

gender
male

place of birth
Carlisle, The United Kingdom

genre
Historical Fiction


about this author

He 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. The series begins with Flashman, and is notable for the accuracy of the historical settings and praise from critics. P.G. Wodehouse said of Flashman, “If ever there was a time when I felt that ‘watcher-of-the-skies-when-a-new-planet’ stuff, it was when I read the first Flashman.”




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avg rating: 4.02 | 4,430 ratings | 395 reviews | 36 distinct works | 14 fans
Flashman Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)
by George MacDonald Fraser
avg rating 4.06 — 635 ratings — published 1969
21 editions
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Royal Flash Royal Flash (The Flashman Papers, #2)
by George MacDonald Fraser
avg rating 3.98 — 356 ratings — published 1970
17 editions
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Flash for Freedom! Flash for Freedom! (The Flashman Papers, #3)
by George MacDonald Fraser
avg rating 4.04 — 286 ratings — published 1971
14 editions
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Flashman in the Great Game Flashman in the Great Game (The Flashman Papers, #5)
by George MacDonald Fraser
avg rating 4.26 — 269 ratings — published 1989
13 editions
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Flashman at the Charge Flashman at the Charge (The Flashman Papers, #4)
by George MacDonald Fraser
avg rating 4.31 — 260 ratings — published 1973
12 editions
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Flashman's Lady Flashman's Lady (The Flashman Papers, #6)
by George MacDonald Fraser
avg rating 3.96 — 272 ratings — published 1977
12 editions
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Flashman and the Redskins Flashman and the Redskins (The Flashman Papers, #7)
by George MacDonald Fraser
avg rating 4.08 — 198 ratings — published 1982
10 editions
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Flashman and the Mountain of L... Flashman and the Mountain of Light (The Flashman Papers, #9)
by George MacDonald Fraser
avg rating 4.02 — 195 ratings — published 1990
13 editions
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Flashman and the Tiger Flashman and the Tiger (The Flashman Papers, #11)
by George MacDonald Fraser
avg rating 3.93 — 188 ratings — published 1999
7 editions
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Flashman and the Angel of the... Flashman and the Angel of the Lord (The Flashman Papers, #10)
by George MacDonald Fraser
avg rating 4.02 — 182 ratings — published 1994
9 editions
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"There's a point, you know, where treachery is so complete and unashamed that it becomes statesmanship."
George MacDonald Fraser (Flashman and the Mountain of Light)
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"The advantage to being a wicked bastard is that everyone pesters the Lord on your behalf; if volume of prayers from my saintly enemies means anything, I'll be saved when the Archbishop of Canterbury is damned. It's a comforting thought."
George MacDonald Fraser (Flashman at the Charge)
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"If anything she was a shade to plump, but she knew the ninety-seven ways of making love that the Hindus are supposed to set much store by-though mind you, it is all nonsense, for the seventy-fourth position turns out to be the same as the seventy-third, but with your fingers crossed. (page 67)"
George MacDonald Fraser (Flashman)
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