Flashman's Lady

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Fraser, George MacDonald (1994b). Flashman and the Dragon. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-617340-3. Flashman's son, Harry II, is used as a character in some of the short stories created for the " Tales of the Shadowmen" series. He first appeared in the eighth volume. His son has several of the characteristics of his father, but appears to be less a coward. William Gordon-Cumming - Central figure in the scandal. His similarities with Flashman are not lost on the latter, who eyes him with some jealousy as a younger version (and more authentic military hero) of himself.

Fraser, George MacDonald (1996a). Flashman at the Charge. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-617676-3.

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Flashman & the Angel of the Lord". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library . Retrieved 3 February 2013. Angela Burdett-Coutts - Flashman finds an image of her in Brooke's possession, and finds out that Brooke has a crush on her. Flashman remembers her not as fondly - "I'd taken a loving fumble at her myself...but she'd simply stared straight ahead of her and dislocated my thumb. Wasteful little prude." Lakshmibai, (Possibly) Rani of Jhansi and leader of the Indian Mutiny ( Flashman in the Great Game). in the hold of a warship under fire, with a Malay maiden as explosive as the shells bursting above? in the drawing room of a great English mansion with the redhot-blooded mistress of a violently jealous blue-blood?

I loved the first Flashman, so decided to give this a try since it is supposedly the second in the chronology, even if it is #6.in between a pair of Chinese beauties who are willing to do anything and everything to close the gap between East and West? McGrath, Charles (11 November 2005). "An Agile Hero in Reputation, Not Action". The New York Times. New York. Hannah Poppelwell, agent of a Southern slaveholders' conspiracy ( Flashman and the Angel of the Lord).

urn:oclc:840927816 Scandate 20100831025804 Scanner scribe17.sfdowntown.archive.org Scanningcenter sfdowntown Source It is unclear whether Hughes or Fraser was aware of it, but the first occurrence of the name "Flashman" in fiction comes from the 2nd century, as an emissary of the Sun in Lucian's narrative A True Story. [13]

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Fraser, George MacDonald (2005). Flashman on the March. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-719740-8. The plot is as you would expect: Elspeth, Flashman’s apparently alluring and less intellectually endowed wife is kidnapped by ‘Don’ Solomon, a brigand, who lures her first into South East Asia, and then to Madagascar with Flashy and some notable historical cameos (James Brooke) pursue her doggedly. He was also once reminded of a woman that Elspeth claimed he flirted with named Kitty Stevens, though Flashman was unable to remember her. Ramsay, Allan (June 2003). "Flashman and the Victorian Social Conscience". The Contemporary Review. Contemporary Review Company Ltd. 282 (1649).

Flash for Freedom". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library . Retrieved 3 February 2013. Krueger, Christine L. (2009). Encyclopedia of British Writers, 19th Century. New York: Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4381-0870-4. a b c d Reynolds, Stanley (4 January 2008). "Obituary: George MacDonald Fraser: He created Harry Flashman, tormentor of Tom Brown turned comical anti-hero". The Guardian. London. p.34. After his expulsion from Rugby School for drunkenness, the young Flashman looks for an easy life. He has his wealthy father buy him an officer's commission in the fashionable 11th Regiment of Light Dragoons. The 11th, commanded by Lord Cardigan, later involved in the Charge of the Light Brigade, has just returned from India and are not likely to be posted abroad soon. Flashman throws himself into the social life that the 11th offered and becomes a leading light of Canterbury society. In 1840 the regiment is converted to Hussars with an elegant blue and crimson uniform, which assists Flashman in attracting female attention for the remainder of his military career. [5]Flashman and the Tiger". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library . Retrieved 3 February 2013.