Supposedly, when Fraser published Flashman, some reviewers thought the book was truly an edited manuscript and that the story was nonfiction. The fan base for the Flashman titles is so strong that Fraser's appropriation of the character might one day be the main reason Hughes is remembered at all. Flash is a minor character in Tom Brown, a bully and a drunk, who was plucked from the fictional narrative by Fraser and given his own incredible adventures. "Hughes" in the opening sentence refers to Thomas Hughes, the author of Tom Brown's Schooldays. Covering almost the entirety of Flashman's adult life, the "Flashman Papers" chronicle his misdeeds and misadventures. The character Sir Harry Paget Flashman is featured in twelve novels. "Hughes got it wrong, in one important detail." So begins the delightful Flashman series by George MacDonald Fraser.
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