Royal Flash

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George Fraser MacDonald. Royal Flash

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How Did I Get the Idea of Flashman?

Dedication

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Discover the rest of The Flashman Papers, with Harry Flashman’s next adventure …

APPENDIX I: The Prisoner of Zenda

APPENDIX II: Lola Montez

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About the Author

The FLASHMAN Papers (In chronological order)

The FLASHMAN Papers (In order of publication)

Also by George MacDonald Fraser

About the Publisher

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The following piece was found in the author’s study in 2013 by the Estate of George MacDonald Fraser.

‘How did you get the idea of Flashman?’ and ‘When are we going to get his U.S. Civil War memoirs?’ are questions which I have ducked more often than I can count. To the second, my invariable response is ‘Oh, one of these days’. Followed, when the inquirer is an impatient American, by the gentle reminder that to an old British soldier like Flashman the unpleasantness between the States is not quite the most important event of the nineteenth century, but rather a sideshow compared to the Mutiny or Crimea. Before they can get indignant I add hastily that his Civil War itinerary is already mapped out; this is the only way of preventing them from telling me what it ought to be.

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‘The ’Ector of Afghanistan!’ cries the sergeant, who evidently studied the press. ‘Damme! Well, ’ere’s a go!’

He was beaming all over his face, which didn’t suit my denouncer at all. Angrily he demanded that I be arrested.

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