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330:. Upon arrival, he is instructed to undertake various diplomatic missions and thereby increases his knowledge of the contemporary Afghan political situation, local culture and language. During one early diplomatic mission, Flashman makes an enemy of the terrifying Gul Shah and, characteristically, takes false credit for slaying assassins sent by Gul to kill him: in reality he attempted to flee in fear while his companion bravely fought and died to protect him from the assassins. 341:, one of the senior British political officers. Burnes, his brother and his staff are slain in the street while the ill-led British army does nothing, remaining in their encampment outside of Kabul. Flashman again attempts to flee in midst of the confusion but is captured and tortured by Gul Shah, only to be rescued and then subsequently used as a diplomatic envoy by the duplicitous Afghan leader 672:
Lester was scouting locations in Spain to stand in for Afghanistan and was about to start casting when there was a change of management at United Artists and the film was cancelled. Muir later wrote "I think the unfortunate loser was John Alderton. If ever it was a case of the right actor finding the
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was a journalist who dreamt of becoming a novelist. He wrote a straight historical novel in the mid-1950s which no one would publish and came to feel that he would achieve success only if he did something in a more comical vein. In 1966 he came up with the idea of basing a novel around Harry Flashman
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Once the reason for fighting emerges, the army stations Flashman in Scotland. He is quartered with the family of textile industrialist Morrison and soon enough takes advantage of one of the daughters, Elspeth. After a forced marriage, Flashman is required to resign the Hussars due to marrying below
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Meanwhile in Kabul, senior British commanders and diplomats appear unaware or unwilling to accept that the situation in the country is worsening. For his part, Flashman accurately observes the deteriorating situation during his various assignments in the country: his reports are generally ignored.
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Lester said it "came about at the time when the film industry began to collapse within itself. A sort of implosion. It’s a very expensive project, a period film where at one point 13,000 of the British Army have to retreat in January from Kabul into India, being attacked by hordes of Afghans. It’s
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Lester admired the book greatly, saying "it was an extraordinary period of British history and it was a marvellously interesting premise... There were lots of things in it that made sense to me—about soldiering, about the military, about the economics of military politics. And I also had various
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Fraser wrote the book after work in nightly bursts, taking ninety hours all up with no advance plotting or revisions. Half way through he broke his arm and could not type; he might have given up but his wife read it, was enthusiastic, and encouraged him to continue. He took two years to find a
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Reviews were generally positive. By 1970 the book had sold over 200,000 copies in paperback and its success – notably the sale of the film rights – enabled Fraser to leave journalism and become a full-time writer. It also compelled him to move to the
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in his best style. After an affair with a fellow-officer's lover, he is challenged to a duel but wins after promising a large sum of money to the pistol loader to give his opponent a blank load in his gun. He does not kill his opponent but instead
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which re-ignited his interest in Asia and soldiering, and having just completed a stint as acting editor of his paper, which re-enforced his determination to get out of journalism. He told his wife "I'll write us out of this".
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Glanville, Brian (26 October 1969). "Flashman: From the Flashman Papers 1839-1842. By George Macdonald Fraser. 256 pp. New York: NAL-World Publishing Company. $ 5.95".
449:- Flashman's original commanding officer, whom he describes as "amusing, frightening, vindictive, charming, and downright dangerous" and "too stupid ever to be afraid". 540:- Led the revolt in Kabul and held Flashman hostage; Flashman "was impressed by the obvious latent strength of the man" but also says "he was something of a dandy". 224:
Presented within the frame of the discovery of the supposedly historical Flashman Papers, this book chronicles the subsequent career of the bully Flashman from
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not the sort of thing that you can do on a shoestring... To do it properly it would be a very expensive film; and I don’t think one should do it improperly. "
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is the first installment, contrasts the public image of a (fictional) hero with his own more scandalous account of his life as an amoral and cowardly bully.
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Lester later said, "it came in that very bad year for United Artists when they wrote off 90 million and cancelled nearly everything." After the failure of
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Film rights were sold to Bob Booker and George Foster's Cinema Organization company, and initial plans called for a movie to be directed by
230:. The book begins with a fictional note explaining that the Flashman Papers were discovered in 1965 during a sale of household furniture in 1547: 699: 839: 703:(1973). This launched Fraser's scriptwriting career and he and Lester collaborated on the one film (to date) made from a Flashman novel, 676:
The British film industry was in crisis at the time due to the withdrawal of American finance. By March 1970 the project was cancelled.
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Hudson - Flashman's sergeant on the retreat from Kabul who comes to realise Flashman is a coward but dies before he can expose him.
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O'Callaghan, John (22 August 1970). "Flashman: John O'Callaghan Interviews George Macdonald Fraser, Creator of Harry Flashman".
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and accidentally shoots the top off a bottle thirty yards away, an action that gives him instant fame and the respect of the
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notions about the Victorian ethic and the Protestant, John Foster Dulles ethic and the relationship of one to the other."
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and ends with his fame as "the Hector of Afghanistan". It details his life from 1839 to 1842 and his travels to
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Flashman's expulsion from Rugby for drunkenness leads him to join the British Army in what he hopes will be a
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Gloomy Upheaval Dogs British Movie Industry By BERNARD WEINRAUB Special to The New York Times30 Mar 1970: 52.
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By showing off his language and riding skills in India, Flashman is assigned to the staff of Major General
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MOVIE CALL SHEET: Lester to Direct 'Flashman' Martin, Betty. Los Angeles Times 2 Aug 1969: a9.
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Gul Shah - Sher Afzul's nephew, Narreeman's lover and later husband, and Flashman's torturer,
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Lester admired Fraser's writing and later hired the author to write the screenplay for
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This tale sets the tone for Flashman's proceeding adventures, including the disastrous
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was attached as producer with Lester still to direct. However, the film was not made.
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Whitman, Alden (29 July 1969). "Gen. Sir Harry Flashman and Aide Con the Experts".
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Double Valentine for Mia Farrow? Haber, Joyce. Los Angeles Times 9 Feb 1970: c22.
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When the book was published in America, several reviewers thought it was true.
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his station. He is given another option, to make his reputation in India.
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right part and then losing it through no fault of his own with was John."
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Captain John Reynolds - embroiled in "The Black Bottle Affair" with
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begins with the eponymous hero's own account of his expulsion from
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He is back in Kabul to observe a mob storming the house of Sir
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Blume, Mary (14 August 1971). "Stanley Baker Likes to Act".
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Josette - Bernier's lover, with whom Flashman has an affair,
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Judy - His father's mistress and (briefly) Flashman's lover,
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Elspeth Morrison - His adoring and possibly unfaithful wife,
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would have been a better introduction to the character.
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Fetnab - Flashman's language and sexual tutor in India,
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Pearson, Kenneth (3 August 1969). "News in the Arts".
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publisher, before it was taken up by Herbert Jenkins.
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George MacDonald Fraser
Arthur Barbosa
Historical novel
Barrie & Jenkins
hardback
paperback
ISBN
0-257-66799-7
OCLC
29733
Dewey Decimal
LC Class
Royal Flash
George MacDonald Fraser
Flashman
Tom Brown's School Days
Ashby
Leicestershire
Harry Paget Flashman
Thomas Hughes
Rugby
Scotland
India
Afghanistan
in the guise of a mere editor of the papers
sinecure
11th Regiment of Light Dragoons
Lord Cardigan
toadies

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