George MacDonald Fraser was a bestselling historical novelist, journalist and screenwriter. He is perhaps most famous for his series of Flashman novels, featuring his antihero Harry Flashman. In addition to his novels, he wrote numerous screenplays, most notably The Three Musketeers and the James Bond film Octopussy. George MacDonald Fraser died in 2008 at the age of 82.
Praise for the Flashman series
“Hilariously funny.”—The New York Times Book Review
“Great dirty fun!”—Grand Rapids Press
“The most entertaining anti-hero in a long time… Moves from one
ribald and deliciously corrupt episode to the next… Wonderful and
scandalous.”—Publishers Weekly
“Raises dastardliness to the level of an art… One of the most
amusing and sardonic novels I have ever read!”—Omaha World
“As irreverent and picaresque as Tom Jones and always more
dramatic… Flashman is a one-man demolition squad!”—Chicago
Today
“Marvelously entertaining… A delight!”—Providence Journal
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