George MacDonald Fraser has died, farewell to the creator of the ultimate cad Flashman.
What a fantastic creation. He was at:
the First Anglo-Afghan War
the retreat from Kabul
last stand at Gandamack
the seige of Jalalabad
the Indian Mutiny
charge of the Light Brigade
the battle of Little Big Horn
second Opium War
Taiping Rebellion
First Anglo-Sikh War
the American Civil war
Rorke's Drift
and his other conquests were:
Judy - father's mistress
Josette
Fetnab - language and sexual tutor in India
Narreeman - he raped her and
she may be have been
his eventual nemesis
Lola Montez
Lady Caroline Lamb - a slave on a slave ship
Susie Willinick - a madam in N'orleans
Cassy
Valla - Russian princess
Aunt Sarah - Valla's aunt
Jind Kaur
Rani Lakshimibai of Jhansi
Lillie Langtry
Ranavalona I
Cleonie - who sells to the injuns
Sonsee-Array
Valla
Yehonala
Caprice
This is a totally weird cover
for one of the Flashman books,
sort of a 60s drug dealer pimp
meets Conan.
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