Flashman's Lady

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James Brooke - The White Rajah who saves Flashman in Singapore and then takes him to rescue his wife. Flashman is impressed with him despite himself. Fraser, George MacDonald (2005). Flashman on the March. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-719740-8. A busy man of tremendous energy, Fraser claimed to have written 20 or 30 film scripts. Most of them were never made, but even so, he said, the money was very good. The scripts that did reach the screen were The Three Musketeers (1974), The Four Musketeers (1975), Royal Flash (1975), The Prince and the Pauper (1977), the James Bond film Octopussy (1983), Red Sonia (1985), Casanova (1987) and The Return of the Musketeers (1989).

Flashman and the Dragon". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library . Retrieved 3 February 2013. Fraser, George MacDonald (1996b). Flashman in the Great Game. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-617677-0. urn:lcp:flashmanslady00fras:lcpdf:5749b83f-99ba-4b36-a70f-8b9e758c0cb6 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier flashmanslady00fras Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t6931kt89 Isbn 0452260809 They eventually arrive on the island of Madagascar, where Flashy is kidnapped and put into Queen Ranavlona’s service as a ‘slave’, training her Army. Fraser, George MacDonald (1995). Flashman and the Angel of the Lord. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-649023-4.in the hold of a warship under fire, with a Malay maiden as explosive as the shells bursting above? He was also once reminded of a woman that Elspeth claimed he flirted with named Kitty Stevens, though Flashman was unable to remember her. in the drawing room of a great English mansion with the redhot-blooded mistress of a violently jealous blue-blood? In spite of his numerous character flaws, Flashman is represented as being a perceptive observer of his times ("I saw further than most in some ways" [7]). In its obituary [8] of George MacDonald Fraser, The Economist commented that realistic sharp-sightedness ("if not much else") was an attribute Flashman shared with his creator. [9] Relationships [ edit ] Flashman is 6feet 2inches (1.88m) tall, weighs 13 stone (180lb; 83kg) (12½ stone in the first book, fourteen stone in the last), has broad shoulders and is attractive to women. [15] [c] He was forced into marriage in the first book, after he "caddishly deflowered" Elspeth Morrison, [3] the daughter of a wealthy Scottish textile manufacturer with whom he had been billeted. [15] Despite being married—and the fact he deeply loves his wife—Flashman is "a compulsive womaniser" [10] who has bedded 480 women by the tenth book in the series, which was set in 1859. [20] Elspeth is also probably unfaithful to him on several occasions. [15] Flashman notes that he has three "prime talents, for horses, languages, and fornication"; [21] he was also described by the master-at-arms of the 11th Hussars as a strong swordsman [22] and was skilled with a lance, particularly at tent pegging. [23] When it is necessary for him to control his fear, he will perform bravely, although is more adept at saving his own skin at the expense of others. [10]

George MacDonald Fraser has done another magnificent job of evoking the mid 19th century. Chronologically, ' Flashman's Lady' is the third in the series (although it was the sixth to be published). Mam'selle Bomfomtalbellilaba, a guest at one of Ranavalona I of Madagascar's parties ( Flashman's Lady, unconsummated).Flashman's son, Harry II, is used as a character in some of the short stories created for the " Tales of the Shadowmen" series. He first appeared in the eighth volume. His son has several of the characteristics of his father, but appears to be less a coward. Lady Plunkett, wife of a colonial judge (not quite consummated: Flashman and the Angel of the Lord). The second is GMF is the master of weaving his other books into his plots, particularly ones (at that time) he hadn’t written yet. I am in awe of his character arc for Flashman, which clearly must have been sketched out (at least in outline) well in advance over many books.