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Flashman - George Macdonald Fraser

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    Flashman - George Macdonald Fraser

    Anybody else a fan of this series of books?

    Great entertainment, although not for the PC-minded.

    First read them back in the 70s, then again in the 90s, and now working my way through them as audiobooks.

    They don't write 'em like that anymore.

    “The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”

    #2
    Never read any, but at school I was an extra in Royal Flash because the opening scene was filmed in our Great Hall

    I assume we were cheaper to use than Rugby, or possibly they just didn't want to be associated with the project. As an adaptation, it was so bad that GMF refused to allow any more film adaptations for the rest of his life

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      #3
      Originally posted by shaunbhoy View Post
      Anybody else a fan of this series of books?

      Great entertainment, although not for the PC-minded.

      First read them back in the 70s, then again in the 90s, and now working my way through them as audiobooks.

      They don't write 'em like that anymore.

      Loved them - my Dad has pretty much the full set and I read several in the early 80's. Brilliant.
      His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...

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        #4
        We do know that sb is the source for his other books:

        The General Danced at Dawn - Wikipedia
        McAuslan in the Rough - Wikipedia
        The Sheikh and the Dustbin - Wikipedia



        Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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          #5
          Yep, I’ve got all the Flashman books.

          He got me through 19th Century history, Flashy did.
          "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
          - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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            #6
            Good holiday reading.
            Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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              #7
              I picked one up in my local bookstore and, frankly, I was shocked that this kind of content is available these days considering the sensibilities of a certain demographic.

              I wrote to Watertones and strongly suggested they considered an advisory warning anyone of an overly wokeish disposition of the strong colonial sentiments expressed within these titles.

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                #8
                Originally posted by Amy Shrotersfield View Post
                I picked one up in my local bookstore and, frankly, I was shocked that this kind of content is available these days considering the sensibilities of a certain demographic.

                I wrote to Watertones and strongly suggested they considered an advisory warning anyone of an overly wokeish disposition of the strong colonial sentiments expressed within these titles.
                I'm getting bored with this one. You're losing your touch.
                Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
                  I'm getting bored with this one. You're losing your touch.
                  Sorted.
                  "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
                  - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by shaunbhoy View Post
                    Anybody else a fan of this series of books?

                    Great entertainment, although not for the PC-minded.
                    Found some on eBay will give 'em a try

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