Book: Flashman
by: Georger MacDonald Fraser
Chosen by: Illandro Pebiblio
For this month’s Extreme Book Club selection, I’m going with the ridiculously hilarious Flashman books by George McDonald Fraser. There are, at this time, 13 books in the series, but bookclubbers may read any one of them in the series to win. If you like laughing your arse off, doin’ it, and learning British military history, then definitely go for the Flashman series.
Here’s a review of the very first book:
“Meet Harry Flashman – in the wildly funny and historically accurate cult classic that introduced us to history’s greatest adventurer, randiest cad, and most incorrigible scoundrel. Flashman follows flashy as he lies, steals, duels, and wenches his way from 1839 England to India to the wilds of Afghanistan. Along the way, he survives military incompetence, ambushes, torture, venomous snakes, and vengeful women… and emerges against all odds as a bona fide hero of the realm.”
