The Flashman Society President: George Macdonald Fraser
EVENT DETAILS Memorial Celebration for George MacDonald Fraser 11 AM Tuesday 8th July 2008
Address: St. John�fs Smith Square London SW1P 3HA United Kingdom
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A memorial organized by The Fraser Family and HarperCollins to celebrate the live and literary work of George MacDonald Fraser. Open to the public and all those who wish to pay there respects and celebrate the work of George MacDonald Fraser. The event will also be advertised in the National Press.
'Dear Flashman Society Members I'm writing to let you know that a memorial service has been planned for GMF at St Johns, Smith Square, SW1 on the morning of the 8th July at 11.00am. It�fs planned that the service will celebrate his life and works, reflect the things that he held dear to him, and with content including readings from his Flashman works by Joss Ackland, along with recollections of his time in the military, his love of adventure and comedy, films etc. Speakers include Melvyn Bragg, Sir Max Hastings and the author and critic D.J Taylor. Alex Norton will also be reading from GMF's McAuslan works. The tone is one of celebration and humour and is expected to last for approximately an hour and a half. The celebration is open to all with no ticket invitations required. Regards, Caro
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George Macdonald Fraser Released 'The Reavers' Oct 2007 �@ |
�@ George Macdonald Fraser Released 'The Reavers' Oct 2007 Another fantastic Romp in the style of 'The Pyrates' Stereo Technicolor with added Flynn! Synopsis George wrote this one for the hell it! Show off! George knows the country and setting well, 'the borders' as written in CANDLEMASS ROAD, the tongue in cheek pass at current politics are strong seemingly out of place but bang on! His knowledge of history and the era of Hollywood swashbuckling that inspired him shine through. This pure is the true Fraser as we've never read before,flowing and brimming with his wit and humour, filled with everything that we know inspired him; history, story telling, Flynn-Hollywood, bosom quivering humour and the land of his birth, Carlisle and the borders. God Bless you George! �@ |
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Sir Harry Flashman is one of the great creations of
modern literature. First encountered as the school bully in Tom Brown's
Schooldays (1857) by Thomas Hughes, he
was thankfully rediscovered by George MacDonald Fraser (b.1925) who purportedly
edited the Flashman papers starting with �gFlashman�h in 1969. The series has now run to twelve
volumes.�@ Taking us
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"Not only are
the Flashman books extremely funny, but they give
meticulous care to authenticity.�@ You
can, between the guffaws, learn from them."
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Dawns & Departures of a soldiers life; Flashman Journal
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'Flashman' is the first of Eleven instalments of the papers so far. A classic and racey start to many adventures that see Harry; former bully of Rugby, running for cover and chasing ladies and whores alike all over the British Empire.
This racey instalment solves the mystery of what happened to Harry; coward, bully and cad of Thomas Hughes' 'Tom Brown's School Days'.
Firstly he seduces his father's mistress, joins Lord Cardigan's 11th Light Dragoons - gets involved in a Duel, in which he cheats, and then moves on to Indian ending up the hero of the hour in Afghanistan!
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english authors
The Candlemass Road
Black Ajax
George MacDonald Fraser
The General Danced at Dawn
McAuslan in the Rough
The Sheikh and the Dustbin
The Steel Bonnets
The Story of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers
Quartered Safeout Here
The hollywood history of the world
DAMN YOUR EYES!