![]() ![]() ![]() The Flashman books were also praised by critics for their storytelling flair and attention to historical detail. I wanted Basil Rathbone to kill Errol Flynn.” “I was always on the side of the villain when I was a child and went to the movies. ![]() “People like rascals they like rogues,” Fraser told the British Broadcasting Corp. A vain, cowardly rogue, Flashman nonetheless emerged from each episode covered in glory, rising to the rank of medal-garlanded brigadier general.įraser thought his antihero’s appeal was not surprising. In the book and 11 sequels, Flashman fought, drank and womanized his way across the British Empire, Europe and the United States, playing a pivotal role in the century’s great historical moments. The novel imagined Flashman - the bullying schoolboy of the 19th century classic “Tom Brown’s Schooldays” - grown up to become a soldier in the British army. ![]()
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