George MacDonald Fraser
George MacDonald Fraser created Flashman, a Victorian anti-hero and cad whose adventures satirized British imperial history while delivering enormously entertaining historical fiction. His blend of impeccably researched history with comic adventure was unique in the genre. He also wrote screenplays for the Three Musketeers films and the Bond film Octopussy.
Works
- FlashmanDisgraced British officer survives impossible odds while caught in espionage and adventure
- Royal FlashFlashman navigates royal intrigue and impersonation in a Central European political crisis
- Flash for FreedomFlashman stumbles through African slavery, American Civil War battles, and moral ambiguity
- Flashman at the ChargeFlashman faces the Crimean War and clashes with Russian forces during colonial conflicts
- Flashman in the Great GameFlashman infiltrates India during the Sepoy Rebellion and Indian independence movements
- Flashman and the Mountain of LightFlashman pursues an Indian diamond and battles the Sikh wars in Punjab