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Whorty replied

1 April 2019, 19:47
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.

Shauny, Shauny, Shauny ... Flashman!!! Really [shakes head]. Should have guessed this would be your style of book

Love them. I picked them up as I'd read quite a few Sharpe novels by Cornwell.
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Platypus replied

1 April 2019, 12:58
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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cojak replied

29 March 2019, 11:19
Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post

I'm getting bored with this one. You're losing your touch.

Sorted.
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NotAllThere replied

29 March 2019, 10:48
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.
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Amy Shrotersfield replied

29 March 2019, 10:33
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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NotAllThere replied

29 March 2019, 07:08
Good holiday reading.
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cojak replied

29 March 2019, 07:06
Yep, I’ve got all the Flashman books.

He got me through 19th Century history, Flashy did.
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darmstadt replied

29 March 2019, 05:39
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
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Mordac replied

28 March 2019, 22:16
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.
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NickFitz replied

28 March 2019, 20:39
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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shaunbhoy started a topic Flashman - George Macdonald Fraser

28 March 2019, 20:22
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.
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