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“since this first volume of his purported ‘memoirs’ was published recently in the US, all decked out with notes and glossary, no fewer than 10 out of 42 reviewers—one of them a professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University—have been gulled into taking Flashman seriously”

—review of the first FLASHMAN novel in TIME Magazine, 1969

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https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,901382,00.html

#Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #historicalfiction #Flashman #humour #BritishEmpire

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“the books add up, by design or otherwise, to one of the most sustained and damning condemnations of imperialism in popular literature”

Matthew Calyfield on the continuing relevance of George MacDonald Fraser’s FLASHMAN novels

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https://meanjin.com.au/latest/why-read-the-flashman-papers-today/

#Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #historicalfiction #Flashman #humour #BritishEmpire

A patriotic birthday salute to Brigadier-General Sir Harry Flashman, VC, KCB, KCIE, etc. etc. – born #OTD, 5 May, 1822. As his extraordinary entry in WHO’S WHO (c.1908, below) shows, Sir Harry embodied all those qualities that built & sustained the #BritishEmpire 🇬🇧 🫡

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Sir Harry’s storied career is too long for the ALT-text, but you can read it here:

https://sblazak.wordpress.com/sir-harry-flashman/

#Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #historicalfiction #Flashman #humour #BritishEmpire

https://www.europesays.com/be-fr/69045/ Voici les 5 règles de Sandra Flashman (Next in Design 2025) pour un intérieur calme qui change tout #« Tout #« Un #2025 #5 #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #ArtsEtDesign #BE #BEFr #Belgique #Belgium #calme #change #de #Design #Divertissement #Entertainment #Flashman #in #intérieur #Les #next #pour #qui? #règles #Sandra #Voici

https://www.europesays.com/ch-fr/82817/ Voici les 5 règles de Sandra Flashman (Next in Design 2025) pour un intérieur calme qui change tout #« Tout #2025 #5 #ArtsAndDesign #ArtsEtDesign #calme #change #de #design #Divertissement #Entertainment #flashman #in #intérieur #les #next #pour #qui #Règles #Sandra #Suisse #un #Voici

https://www.europesays.com/fr/853941/ Voici les 5 règles de Sandra Flashman (Next in Design 2025) pour un intérieur calme qui change tout #2025 #5 #arts #ArtsAndDesign #ArtsEtDesign #calme #changé #DE #Design #Divertissement #Entertainment #flashman #FR #France #in #intérieur #les #next #pour #qui #Règles #Sandra #Tout #Un #voici

Rani Lakshmibai, born OTD in 1828, became Queen of Jhansi, a leading figure in the Indian Rebellion of 1857, and a central figure of George MacDonald Fraser's novel "#Flashman in the Great Game" https://toilet-guru.com/blog/10.html?s=mb #history

For Reasons I was looking at the website of #Husum #cricket club, in #Germany. It is in #Danish. The #SchleswigHolsteinQuestion weirds EVERYTHING. Where's Sir Harry #Flashman when you need him?

For Reasons I was looking at the website of #Husum #cricket club, in #Germany. It is in #Danish. The #SchleswigHolsteinQuestion weirds EVERYTHING. Where's Sir Harry #Flashman when you need him?

For Reasons I was looking at the website of #Husum #cricket club, in #Germany. It is in #Danish. The #SchleswigHolsteinQuestion weirds EVERYTHING. Where's Sir Harry #Flashman when you need him?

For Reasons I was looking at the website of #Husum #cricket club, in #Germany. It is in #Danish. The #SchleswigHolsteinQuestion weirds EVERYTHING. Where's Sir Harry #Flashman when you need him?

For Reasons I was looking at the website of #Husum #cricket club, in #Germany. It is in #Danish. The #SchleswigHolsteinQuestion weirds EVERYTHING. Where's Sir Harry #Flashman when you need him?

@bookstodon

“since this first volume of his purported ‘memoirs’ was published recently in the US, all decked out with notes and glossary, no fewer than 10 out of 42 reviewers—one of them a professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University—have been gulled into taking Flashman seriously”

—review of the first FLASHMAN novel in TIME Magazine, 1969

3/3

https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,901382,00.html

#Scottish #literature #Flashman

@bookstodon

“the books add up, by design or otherwise, to one of the most sustained and damning condemnations of imperialism in popular literature … It’s the books’ unlikely anti-imperial bona fides that make them surprisingly relevant today, not least because the same old adventures continue to take place on the same old battlefields.”

Matthew Calyfield on the continuing relevance of George MacDonald Fraser’s FLASHMAN novels

2/3

https://meanjin.com.au/latest/why-read-the-flashman-papers-today/

#Scottish #literature #Flashman

A very happy birthday salute to Brigadier-General Sir Harry Flashman, VC, KCB, KCIE, etc. etc. – born #OTD, 5 May, 1822. As his extraordinary entry in WHO’S WHO (c.1908, below) shows, Sir Harry embodied all those qualities that built & sustained the British Empire 🇬🇧 🫡

@bookstodon

1/3

Sir Harry’s storied career is too long for the ALT-text, but you can read it here:

https://sblazak.wordpress.com/sir-harry-flashman/

#Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #NeoVictorian #Flashman #humor #BritishEmpire

A very happy birthday salute to Brigadier-General Sir Harry Flashman, VC, KCB, KCIE, etc. etc. – born #OTD, 5 May, 1822. As his extraordinary entry in WHO’S WHO (c.1908, below) shows, Sir Harry embodied all those qualities that built & sustained the British Empire 🇬🇧 🫡

@bookstodon

1/3

Sir Harry’s storied career is too long for the ALT-text, but you can read it here:

https://sblazak.wordpress.com/sir-harry-flashman/

#Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #NeoVictorian #Flashman #humor #BritishEmpire

A very happy birthday salute to Brigadier-General Sir Harry Flashman, VC, KCB, KCIE, etc. etc. – born #OTD, 5 May, 1822. As his extraordinary entry in WHO’S WHO (c.1908, below) shows, Sir Harry embodied all those qualities that built & sustained the British Empire 🇬🇧 🫡

@bookstodon

1/3

Sir Harry’s storied career is too long for the ALT-text, but you can read it here:

https://sblazak.wordpress.com/sir-harry-flashman/

#Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #NeoVictorian #Flashman #humor #BritishEmpire

A very happy birthday salute to Brigadier-General Sir Harry Flashman, VC, KCB, KCIE, etc. etc. – born #OTD, 5 May, 1822. As his extraordinary entry in WHO’S WHO (c.1908, below) shows, Sir Harry embodied all those qualities that built & sustained the British Empire 🇬🇧 🫡

@bookstodon

1/3

Sir Harry’s storied career is too long for the ALT-text, but you can read it here:

https://sblazak.wordpress.com/sir-harry-flashman/

#Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #NeoVictorian #Flashman #humor #BritishEmpire

and damned expensive, too.

It had taken centuries to make, and if all the great artists of the Classical Age and the Renaissance had seen it, they’d have agreed that the fellows who designed it (for design, of course, was its secret and its glory) knew their business. Being a Philistine, I will add only: never talk to me about Art or Beauty or Good Taste or Style, because I’ve seen the bloody elephant." [3/3]
-G.M.Fraser "Flashman and the Dragon"

An example of Cataphasis, affirming what can't be said? Maybe not.

Every other page in the entire series is #NSFW #TW trigger-warning-central #CaveatEmptor and for some will read funny as all hell. #Flashman

and damned expensive, too.

It had taken centuries to make, and if all the great artists of the Classical Age and the Renaissance had seen it, they’d have agreed that the fellows who designed it (for design, of course, was its secret and its glory) knew their business. Being a Philistine, I will add only: never talk to me about Art or Beauty or Good Taste or Style, because I’ve seen the bloody elephant." [3/3]
-G.M.Fraser "Flashman and the Dragon"

An example of Cataphasis, affirming what can't be said? Maybe not.

Every other page in the entire series is #NSFW #TW trigger-warning-central #CaveatEmptor and for some will read funny as all hell. #Flashman

Rani Lakshmibai, born OTD in 1828, became Queen of Jhansi, a leading figure in the Indian Rebellion of 1857, and a central figure of George MacDonald Fraser's novel "#Flashman in the Great Game" https://toilet-guru.com/blog/10.html?s=mb #history

Rani Lakshmibai, born OTD in 1828, became Queen of Jhansi, a leading figure in the Indian Rebellion of 1857, and a central figure of George MacDonald Fraser's novel "#Flashman in the Great Game" https://toilet-guru.com/blog/10.html?s=mb #history