"FLASHMAN" (1969) Book ReviewForty-one years ago, an old literary character was re-introduced to many readers, thanks to a former Scottish journalist named George MacDonald Fraser. The author took a character from a famous Victorian novel and created a series of novels that placed said character...
Flashman's Lady, by George MacDonald Fraser, [book 6 in the Flashman series] is for the most part a great romp. If you are a reader from one of the many cricket loving nations then the whole book will be enjoyable. However, for those readers who do not love or understand the fascination with cric...
I'm reading George MacDonald Fraser's (1925 – 2008) Flashman series with a curious mixture of pleasure and distaste - the pleasure arising from the excellent adventures of the ne'er-do-well Flashman, the wonderfully reconstructed historical settings and the satire of (as I see it) British upper c...
A ripping yarn. Sped through it in two days, licked my chops, and wanted to reach for the next episode. This is the third in the series I've read, and once again I'm in awe of the depth of GMF's scholarship and ability to insert Flashy plausibly into the most implausible circumstances. I'd read...
GMF continues to impress me with his knowledge of history with this book. It is about a former slave, Tom Molineaux, in the U.S. that won his freedom and eventually challenged the boxing champion of England to a couple of matches. It is told from the view point of many of the witnesses to his r...
Possibly my favourite 3 books ever bound together in 1 volume. Fraser writes this as fiction but it is all based on his own experiences after the end of World War II, a young and inexperienced officer put in charge of a platoon of wily Scotsmen in North Africa. It takes you on an hilarious journe...
This is a collection of film-world reminiscences and trenchant thoughts on Cool Britannia, New Labour and other abominations.
MAJOR PENNER On the following morning, less than twelve hours after their capture, the Kingston pirates were admitted to the Royal pardon. It was an impressive ceremony enacted with considerable solemnity on the broad square of the Fort, and New Providence turned out in force to see it. Along one...