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George MacDonald Fraser

1925–2008

17 fiction · 1 non-fiction

George MacDonald Fraser was a British novelist, screenwriter and journalist best known for the Flashman Papers, a series of historical adventures featuring the cowardly, dishonest and unexpectedly successful soldier Harry Flashman. Born in Carlisle in 1925, Fraser served with the Border Regiment during the Burma campaign in the Second World War before pursuing a career in journalism. His military experiences later informed Quartered Safe Out Here and the semi-autobiographical McAuslan stories.

Beginning with Flashman in 1969, Fraser placed his fictional antihero within major nineteenth-century conflicts, combining extensive historical research with satire and fast-paced adventure. He also wrote novels including Mr American, The Pyrates and Black Ajax, as well as the history The Steel Bonnets. His screenwriting credits included The Three Musketeers, The Four Musketeers, Royal Flash and the James Bond film Octopussy.

Periods and events

Abolition Movement in Britain1787–1833 CE Abolitionism & American Slaveryc. 1830–1865 CE American Civil War1861–1865 CE Anglo-Scottish Border Warfare1296–1603 Anglo-Spanish War1585–1604 CE Austerity Britain1945–1954 CE Battle of Rorke’s Drift1879 British Hong Kong1841–1997 CE California Gold Rush1848–1855 CE Crimean War1853–1856 CE Early Victorian Britain1837–1851 CE East India Company Rule1757–1858 CE Edwardian Society1901–1914 CE Georgian Empire and Atlantic World1714–1837 CE Imperial Russia1721–1917 CE Indian Rebellion of 18571857–1858 CE Long Nineteenth Century1789–1914 CE Native American Historyc. 15,000 BCE–present Old West and Frontier America1803–1912 CE Opium Wars1839–1860 CE Regency Era1811–1820 CE Rough Wooing1543–1551 CE Taiping Rebellion1850–1864 CE Underground Railroadc. 1800–1865 CE Victorian Era1837–1901 CE Women’s Suffrage Movement in Britain1903–1918 CE

Historical fiction

Historical fiction series by George MacDonald Fraser (1 series)

The Flashman Papers in Order

by George MacDonald Fraser 12 books 4.2(80,547)

The Flashman Papers present the supposed memoirs of Sir Harry Paget Flashman, the bully expelled from Rugby School in Tom Brown’s School Days who becomes a decorated Victorian soldier despite being a coward, liar, opportunist and sexual predator. George MacDonald Fraser places this fictional witness inside documented nineteenth-century…

Historical fiction

Standalone historical fiction by George MacDonald Fraser (5 books)

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Non-fiction

Non-fiction by George MacDonald Fraser (1 book)

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