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Flashman Papers

Flashman Papers

Historical FictionMilitary History
Pages
304
Published
1992
Language
English

Synopsis

Meet Harry Flashman, the notorious bully from Tom Brown's Schooldays, now telling his own story. Kicked out of Rugby, he joins the army and, through a series of unlikely events and his own cowardice, somehow becomes a celebrated hero. This is the unvarnished, and often hilarious, account of his adventures.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

FunnyAdventurousSatiricalLighthearted
Unreliable NarratorMorally GreyAnti-HeroReluctant Hero

Genres

Historical Fiction Military History History Military Adventure

About the author

G
George MacDonald Fraser

George MacDonald Fraser(2 April 1925 – 2 January 2008) was a Scottish author and screenwriter. He is best known for a series of works that featured the character Flashman. Over the course of his career he wrote eleven novels and one short-story collection in the Flashman series of novels, as well as non-fiction, short stories, novels and screenplays—including those for the James Bond film Octopussy and an adaptation of his own novel Royal Flash.

Characters

Sir Harry FlashmanProtagonist
Lord CardiganSupporting
All characters in Flashman Papers