Title: Gets better with age!
Product review: I first read the Flashman series (then only six volumes) as an eighteen year old history student. The first book had me rifling through regimental histories of the 11th Hussars and various other sources, constantly following the story of Harry Flashman. Not knowing any better, it took a friend to break it to me gently that Mr McDonald Fraser was having a lend of me. I mention this as testiment to the authenticity of the work, the careful research that obviously tied Harry to Victorian history and the pacy way in which GMF writes. The characterisation of Harry Flashman is brilliant. A self-confessed anti hero, you just can't really dislike him, especially when he allows his humanity to occasionally sneak through, and with the humour he uses to recount his story. Cardigan, Elphinstone et.al. are famously described warts and all. If you like history, if you have a sense of humour and you can read English, then you must read Flashman!
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