Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Getting ready to order a couple of books. One of them is an addition to the Flashman series by George MadDonald Fraser. I finished the book FLASHMAN and now am ready to move on. Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashpowder Hal Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Heck, Ah didn't even git no royalties fer that neither Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted August 27, 2011 Author Share Posted August 27, 2011 OK Hal, watching you in your B Western attire and you stunning gun work on the line, I would say you qualify as a Flashy Man, but this is a bit different. I am looking for Flashman. The cad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 I wonder what became of Sir Harry. He once had the longest alias in SASS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jake1001 Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 I wonder what became of Sir Harry. He once had the longest alias in SASS. He's still around, I see him on Facebook all the time. Mostly doing reenactments stuff. Brett Cullpepper. You want me to tell him HI from you all. Colonel Sir Harry Paget Flashman. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=52606982361&set=t.607917361&type=1 Big Jake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spooky Joe, SASS #24061 Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Any of the Flashman books are well worth reading. But, seeing as we're an Old West fantasy organization, go with Flashman And The Redskins. There's the gold rush, Wild Bill Hickock,Geronimo and other Apaches, all culminating, of course, with Custer and the Little Big Horn. Throw in Kit Carson and Crazy Horse and the usual women Sir Harry meets along the way and it's a welcome addition to the Flashman saga. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted August 27, 2011 Author Share Posted August 27, 2011 I suppose that I will read the whole series before I am done, but I will try your suggestion, Spooky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Sir HP FlashmanVC SASSL#535 Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 There's some talk about in which order to read the Flashman Papers in. I wrote them to be read in order of publication, It's a little more tricky to do, but yearly progression is much more fun to read my Memoirs in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted August 28, 2011 Author Share Posted August 28, 2011 Ahhh, yes Colonel sir, er, your sirship, ah being a colonial I am not quite certain how to address a man of military rank and social rank. Would it be permissible to address you as Col. Flash? Kinda cuts right to the chase, don't it? Well, Flash, I guess I could order the whole set and just get to reading. What? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Tell him howdy, Jake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanish Bit Bobb Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 whew Badger...thot ta was sasshayin' aroun in yer trenchcoat n' boots again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Sir HP FlashmanVC SASSL#535 Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 You're not the first to be confused, Colonial or not, Badger. Sir Harry or Colonel Flashman, either are quite acceptable. Purchasing the whole set would rather please the Family Retainer. Ahhh, yes Colonel sir, er, your sirship, ah being a colonial I am not quite certain how to address a man of military rank and social rank. Would it be permissible to address you as Col. Flash? Kinda cuts right to the chase, don't it? Well, Flash, I guess I could order the whole set and just get to reading. What? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Sir HP FlashmanVC SASSL#535 Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 Still do the last I heard, as they put a stop to the attempts old & new members alike to remove the title bestowed by Wild Buncher, R.J. Poteet. I wonder what became of Sir Harry. He once had the longest alias in SASS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted August 29, 2011 Author Share Posted August 29, 2011 Well, Sir Harry Colonel Flashman, is there a protocol on purchasing these documents and can I use USDs, deflatated as they might be, to purchase them? Or coin of the realm required, in sterling pounds? I would not want to run amok of the social graces of the Queen's Court. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowdy Yates, SASS #141 Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 Flashy, Bout time for another visit with the Grumpy Lunch Bunch. Enjoyed chatting with you last time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 Never heard of him....guess I'll hafta check it out, Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted August 29, 2011 Author Share Posted August 29, 2011 Never heard of him....guess I'll hafta check it out, Thanks! Interesting character, Rye. Utah Bob put me on to him last year. I read the first one. One of those books that I could not put down. That alone makes it pretty rare. As Colonel Harry Sir Flashman pointed out earlier, they are in a chronological order. Recommended reading in sequence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 Flashy, Bout time for another visit with the Grumpy Lunch Bunch. Enjoyed chatting with you last time. Yeah, what Rowdy said. Glad to hear from you after so long. Thought you'd been shipped off to Inja or some such place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spooky Joe, SASS #24061 Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 Although not in the order of publication, following are titles, area covered, and time period. Be sure to read footnotes as the occur as it verifies Flashman's account, although for some inexplicable reason Flashman himself is rarely mentioned. Flashman Britain, India and Afghanistan 1839-42 Royal Flash England/Germany 1842-43/1847-48 Flashman's Lady England, Borneo and Madagascar 1842-45 Flashman and the Mountain of Light India Punjab 1845-46 Flash for Freedom England, West Africa and U.S.A. 1848-49 Flashman and the Redskins U.S.A. 1849-50/1875-76 Flashman at the Charge England, Crimea and Central Asia 1854-55 Flashman in the Great Game Scotland, India 1856-58 Flashman and the Angel of the Lord India, South Africa and U.S.A. 1858-59 Flashman and the Dragon China 1860 Enjoy. Not only are these books great reading, they give quite an insight into history, as Fraser does some impressive research for these books, as evidenced by the footnotes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Sir HP FlashmanVC SASSL#535 Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Amazon & U.S.D. are your best bet. Well, Sir Harry Colonel Flashman, is there a protocol on purchasing these documents and can I use USDs, deflatated as they might be, to purchase them? Or coin of the realm required, in sterling pounds? I would not want to run amok of the social graces of the Queen's Court. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Sir HP FlashmanVC SASSL#535 Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Glad to see Y'all here, Rod. I've not received any messages from you in over a year. Yeah, what Rowdy said. Glad to hear from you after so long. Thought you'd been shipped off to Inja or some such place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Sir HP FlashmanVC SASSL#535 Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Getting ready to order a couple of books. One of them is an addition to the Flashman series by George MadDonald Fraser. I finished the book FLASHMAN and now am ready to move on. Any suggestions? As pointed out Chronological is the more fun way to go. But a few of the Memoirs were left out, as well as the the origins & where there are Cameos. Black Ajax: late 18th-early 19th C. Capt. Buckly "Mad Buck" Flashman intro's Tom Molineaux, a black prizefighter, just arrived in England from America to the Prince Reagent & the Sporting Set. Tom Brown's Schooldays late 1830's Rugby school days Semi Biographical by Thomas Hughes (1822–1896). Flashman: 1839-1842. the First Anglo-Afghan War. Flashman's Lady: 1843-1845. Borneo, Madagascar. Flashman and the Mountain of Light: 1845-46. The First Anglo-Sikh War. Royal Flash: 1847-1848. the Revolutions of 1848. Flash for Freedom!: 1848-1849. The Atlantic slave trade; the Underground Railroad. Flashman and the Redskins Part I: 1849-1850, The Wild West: the Forty-Niners, Flashman at the Charge: 1854-1855. The Crimean War; the Charge of the Light Brigade. Flashman in the Great Game: 1856-1858. The Indian Mutiny. Flashman and the Angel of the Lord: 1858-1859. the Harper's Ferry Raid. Flashman and the Dragon: 1860. the Peking Expedition. Flashman on the March: 1868. British invasion of Abyssinia to rescue hostages. Flashman and the Redskins Part II: 1875-1876. the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Flashman and the Tiger The Road to Charing Cross: 1877-1878. The Congress of Berlin; Emperor Franz Josef. The Subtleties of Baccarat: 1890-1891. Edward VII; the Royal Baccarat Scandal. Flashman and the Tiger 1879, 1894. South Africa & England. Mr American Mark Franklin arrives on the Mauretania at Liverpool in 1909 with a copy of Shakespeare's works, an old Mexican charro saddle and two Remington pistols in his battered luggage. A tall and soft-spoken American prospector, who made his fortune in a silver strike in Nevada, he is visiting the 'old country' to see his roots. Meets & Picnics with King Edward VII, Alice Keppel, meets Brig. Gen. Flashman at Sandringham. Have fun w/ my Memoirs, Yank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Sir HP FlashmanVC SASSL#535 Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Bump. Bwahahahahahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Glad to see Y'all here, Rod. I've not received any messages from you in over a year. My computer barfed about 14months back and I lost most of my address book. I'm still using my swiss cheese memory to fill in the gaps. Shoot me an email and I'll get you on the list again. gun.slick@juno.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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