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George MacDonald Fraser

Born

in Carlisle, Cumbria, England

April 02, 1925

Died

January 02, 2008

Genre

Historical Fiction, Humor and Comedy

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George MacDonald Fraser is best known for his Flashman series of historical novels, purportedly written by Harry Flashman, a fictional coward and bully originally created by Thomas Hughes in Tom Brown's School Days. The novels are presented as "packets" of memoirs written by the nonagenarian Flashman, who looks back on his days as a hero of the British Army during the 19th century. The series begins with Flashman, and is notable for the accuracy of the historical settings and praise from critics. P.G. Wodehouse said of Flashman, “If ever there was a time when I felt that ‘watcher-of-the-skies-when-a-new-planet’ stuff, it was when I read the first Flashman.” ...more

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Average rating: 4.15 · 79,165 ratings · 4,722 reviews · 122 distinct works • Similar authors

	Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 16,451 ratings — published 1969 — 107 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Royal Flash (The Flashman Papers, #2) by George MacDonald Fraser, Gino D'Achille (Illustrator) 4.13 avg rating — 8,396 ratings — published 1970 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flashman at the Charge (Flashman Papers, #4) 4.38 avg rating — 5,713 ratings — published 1973 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flash for Freedom! (The Flashman Papers #3) 4.21 avg rating — 5,591 ratings — published 1971	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flashman in the Great Game (Flashman Papers #5) by George MacDonald Fraser, Arthur Barbosa (Illustrator) 4.37 avg rating — 4,922 ratings — published 1975 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flashman's Lady (The Flashman Papers, #6) by George MacDonald Fraser, Arthur Barbosa (Illustrator) 4.17 avg rating — 4,989 ratings — published 1977 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flashman and the Redskins (The Flashman Papers, #7) by George MacDonald Fraser, Gino D'Achille (Illustrator) 4.27 avg rating — 4,142 ratings — published 1982 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Quartered Safe Out Here: A Harrowing Tale of World War II 4.16 avg rating — 4,210 ratings — published 1992 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flashman and the Mountain of Light (The Flashman Papers, #9) 4.22 avg rating — 3,973 ratings — published 1990 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flashman and the Dragon (The Flashman Papers, #8) by George MacDonald Fraser, Gino D'Achille (Illustrator) 4.27 avg rating — 3,650 ratings — published 1985 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by George MacDonald Fraser

Flashman Papers (12 books)
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McAuslan (3 books)
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“There's a point, you know, where treachery is so complete and unashamed that it becomes statesmanship.”
― George MacDonald Fraser, Flashman and the Mountain of Light

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“The advantage to being a wicked bastard is that everyone pesters the Lord on your behalf; if volume of prayers from my saintly enemies means anything, I'll be saved when the Archbishop of Canterbury is damned. It's a comforting thought.”
― George MacDonald Fraser, Flashman at the Charge

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“If anything she was a shade too plump, but she knew the ninety-seven ways of making love that the Hindus are supposed to set much store by―though mind you, it is all nonsense, for the seventy-fourth position turns out to be the same as the seventy-third, but with your fingers crossed.”
― George MacDonald Fraser, Flashman

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