THE FLASHMAN CHARTS

Updated 17th Dec 2001

The Flashman Papers & Fraser Books Chart

Flashman's Ladies

Flashman's Enemies

Flashman Actors

Acting Elspeth

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Scores for the Books were collected rating the book according to glasses of Brandy!

Excellent

Good

Okay

Bad

Rubbish

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4 Smashing

3 Drunken

2 Merry

1 Empty

0 Cold Milk

 

 

Last Updated 17th December 2001

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The Flashman Papers & Fraser Books Chart

Position (Previous)

Title

Votes

Average Score

Glasses of Brandy

1 (2)

Flashman (Vol.1)

87

4

332

2 (1)

Flashman at the Charge (vol. 4)

41

4

162

3 (3)

Flashman in the Great Game (Vol. 5)

27

4

106

4 (5)

Quartered Safe Out Here

27

4

104

5 (4)

Flashman and the Dragon (Vol. 8)

22

4

86

6 (12)

Flashman and the Tiger (Vol. 11)

28

4

72

7 (6)

Flashman's Lady (Vol. 6)

17

4

68

8 (7)

The Pyrates

15

4

57

9 (8)

Mr American

17

3

53

10 (9)

Flash for Freedom (Vol. 3)

15

3

45

11 (11)

The General Danced at Dawn

13

3

40

12 (10)

Flashman and the Redskins. (Vol. 7)

16

3

39

13 (-)

Royal Flash (Vol. 2)

12

3

24

14 (-)

The Hollywood History of the World

12

3

21

15 (16)

Flashman and the Angel of the Lord (Vol. 10)

8

3

17

16 (15)

McAuslan in the Rough

5

4

16

17 (-)

Black Ajax

5

3

11

18 (-)

The Shiekh and the Dustbin

6

4

12

19 (-)

The Steel Bonnets

3

3

9

20 (-)

The Candlemass Road

1

2

2

Total Glasses of Brandy 17th Dec. 2001

1276

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Flashman Ladies Chart

Position

Name

Book

Votes

1

Elspeth

All

31

2

Valla - Valentina Pencherchevsky

Charge

17

3

Fetnab

Flashman

16

4

Lakshmibai

Great Game

13

5

Cleonie

Redskins

12

6

Lola Montez

Royal

10

7

Susie Willinck

Freedom & Redskins

10

8

Caprice

Tiger

8

9

Sonsee-Array "Takes Away clouds Woman"

Redskins

8

10

Nareeman

Flashman

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Flashman's Enemies Chart

Position

Name

Book

Votes

1 (4)

Captain John Charity Spring

Free, Redskins & Angel

13

2 (1)

Rudi Starnberg

Royal

12

2

Gul Shah

Flashman

11

3

Captain Ignatieff Nicholas Pavlevitch

Game and Charge

9

5

Lord Cardigan

Flashman, Charge ++

5

6

Soloman Haslam

Lady

4

7

Ms. Nareeman

Flashman

2

8

'Tiger Jack' Moran

Tiger

2

9

Daedalus Tighe

Lady

2

10

Doctor Arnold

Flashman

1

 

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Who would be, or would have been best to play FLASHMAN?

Votes

Name

Other Appearances

Notes

4

Robin Askwith

Confessions of a....

 

8

John Clease

Monty Python

Mr Fraser himself suggested that Cleese might have done the job way back in the 70's

8

Malcolm Macdowell

Royal Flash as 'Flashman'

Mr Fraser Suggested that Alan Bates and Malcolm could have reversed thier roles.

6

Oliver Reed

Royal Flash as Bissmark

Oliver suggested as Flashman, he had been able too loose the weight.

5

Alan Bates

Royal Flash

 

2

Peter Bowles

South Bank Show as 'Flashman'

 

2

Martin Clunes

Men Behaving Badly

 

3

Cary Elwes

Princess Bride

 

3

Kevin Kline

Fish Called Wanda

 

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A young Sean Connery James Bond Disqualified due to Flashman's apparent distaste for Scots (barring Elspeth in a nightie of course)

1

James Villiers Baron de Baats Scarlet Pimpernel 1982 film and "7th recuit" in carry on Sergeant 1958

1

Gerald Flood Tom Brown's School days as Flashman's father (Richard) 1970's BBC Version

1

Richard Morant Tom Brown's School days 1970's BBC Version

*

Sean Bean Sharpe 4 votes for but 16 against on the grounds he can't act and 1 on the grounds that Flashman would not associate with a character like Sharpe!

*

Max Flashman Society Secretary, Fight director, actor and all round Cad. 6 votes for but disqualified on the grounds of that he is too cowardly!

2

David Niven 55 Days at Peking (1963) Smooth, Charming, and British to the core.

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