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Apr 30, 2024 · George MacDonald Fraser (born April 2, 1925, Carlisle, Eng.—died Jan. 2, 2008, Strang, Isle of Man) was a British writer best known for his series of historical novels about the exploits of Harry Flashman, a hard-drinking, womanizing, and vain character depicted as playing a leading role in many major events of the 19th century.
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May 13, 2024 · George MacDonald Fraser — ‘There's a point, you know, where treachery is so complete and unashamed that it becomes statesmanship.’
May 7, 2024 · Looking to the future, Dr. Fraser is pioneering an ambitious project: FraserNation in the virtual/metaverse realm. This bold initiative aims to create a digital nation where the Black community ...
2 days ago · Lloyd has dedicated his book to the memory of George MacDonald Fraser (1925–2008), which is somewhat puzzling – but perhaps this reviewer simply missed Flashman and the White Man’s Burden. Notes. Nigel Collett, The Butcher of Amritsar: General Reginald Dyer (London, 2005).Back to (1) Parliamentary Papers: Disturbances in the Punjab.
Apr 30, 2024 · George MacDonald Fraser's Flashman Novels Quiz Fraser's novels take up the story of Harry Flashman, the villain of 'Tom Brown's Schooldays'. In a series of racily written and superbly researched books, Fraser shows us how Flashman climbed to the top of the tree in Victorian England.
Apr 26, 2024 · Thousands of games, quizzes, and lots more! Harry Flashman, damn yer eyes! Quiz. England's cowardliest hero! This middling-tough quiz tests your knowledge of George Macdonald Fraser's greatest creation, from his self-titled debut through "Flashman and the Tiger". A multiple-choice quiz by Djiin Coo . Estimated time: 6 mins.
4 days ago · By the middle of the 20th century, however, in so far as he was remembered at all, it was as neither an imperialist or a critic of empire, but as a figure of mockery, a ‘great freckled Irish bumpkin’ who served as a foil for the wit of George MacDonald Fraser’s eponymous anti-hero in Flashman and the Great Game (p. 4). In this way ...
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