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Flashman Novels
Flashman or Flash Man may refer to: * Harry Flashman, a character in the 1857 novel ''Tom Brown's School Days'' by Thomas Hughes ** ''The Flashman Papers'', a series of novels by George MacDonald Fraser based on the Hughes character *** Flashman (novel), ''Flashman'' (novel), a 1969 novel by Fraser and the first of the ''Flashman Papers'' series * Flashman (film), ''Flashman'' (film), a 1967 Italian film * ''Choushinsei Flashman'', a Japanese television series and the 10th ''Super Sentai'' series * Flash Man, an enemy in the video game ''Mega Man 2'' * Flashman, a British group formed by Gerald Masters, Nick Walpole and Chris Hudman; and their 1977 debut album * Ann Flora Froude Flashman (1911–1969), Australian veterinarian {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Flashman
Sir Harry Paget Flashman is a fictional character created by Thomas Hughes (1822–1896) in the semi-autobiographical ''Tom Brown's School Days'' (1857) and later developed by George MacDonald Fraser (1925–2008). Harry Flashman appears in a series of 12 of Fraser's books, collectively known as ''The Flashman Papers'', with covers illustrated by Arthur Barbosa and Gino D’Achille. Flashman was played by Malcolm McDowell in the Richard Lester 1975 film '' Royal Flash''. In ''Tom Brown's School Days'' (1857), Flashman is portrayed as a notorious Rugby School bully who persecutes Tom Brown and is finally expelled for drunkenness, at which point he simply disappears. Fraser decided to write the story of Flashman's later life, in which the school bully would be identified as an "illustrious Victorian soldier", experiencing many of the 19th-century wars and adventures of the British Empire and rising to high rank in the British Army, to be acclaimed as a great warrior, while stil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Flashman Papers
''The Flashman Papers'' is a series of novels and shorter stories written by George MacDonald Fraser, the first of which was published in 1969. The books centre on the exploits of the fictional protagonist Harry Flashman. He is a cowardly British soldier, rake and cad who is placed in a series of real historical incidents between 1839 and 1894. While the incidents and much of the detail in the novels have a factual background, Flashman's actions in the stories are either entirely fictional, or the real, historical actions of unidentified individuals that Fraser assigns to him. Flashman is a character in the 1857 novel by Thomas Hughes, ''Tom Brown's School Days''; Hughes' version of the character is a bully at Rugby School who is expelled for drunkenness. The character was then developed by Fraser, and appeared in the 1969 novel '' Flashman''. Fraser went on to write a total of eleven novels and one collection of short stories featuring the character. During the course of Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flashman (novel)
''Flashman'' is a 1969 novel by George MacDonald Fraser. It is the first of the Flashman novels. Plot introduction Presented within the frame of the discovery of the supposedly historical Flashman Papers, this book chronicles the subsequent career of the bully Flashman from ''Tom Brown's School Days''. The book begins with a fictional note explaining that the Flashman Papers were discovered in 1965 during a sale of household furniture in Ashby, Leicestershire. The papers are attributed to Harry Paget Flashman, the bully featured in Thomas Hughes's novel, who becomes a well-known Victorian military hero (in Fraser's fictional England). The papers were supposedly written between 1900 and 1905. The subsequent publishing of these papers, of which ''Flashman'' is the first instalment, contrasts the public image of a (fictional) hero with his own more scandalous account of his life as an amoral and cowardly bully. ''Flashman'' begins with the eponymous hero's own account of his expul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flashman (film)
''Flashman'' is a 1967 Italian film directed by Mino Loy and written by Ernesto Gastaldi. Cast * Paolo Gozlino as Lord Alex Burman / John Smith / Flashman * Claudie Lange as Alika * Ivano Staccioli as Kid * Jacques Ary as Inspector Baxter * Micaela Pignatelli as Nevenka * Anne Marie Williams as Sheila Production For the script Ernesto Gastaldi was inspired by H.G. Wells' novella ''The Invisible Man''. Gastaldi noted that the starting point for the film's development was comic books and director Mino Loy's desire to develop a film with special effects involving partially reflecting mirrors. It was directed by Mino Loy, whose real name was Guglielmo Loy Donà. It was his third last film as a director. acted in the film under the name Paul Stevens. Gozlino was a well-known dancer and choreographer in Italy mostly due to his appears in many television shows. Release and reception ''Flashman'' was released in Italy in 1967 where it was distributed by Indipendenti Regionali. In a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choushinsei Flashman
is the tenth installment in the ''Super Sentai'' metaseries produced by Toei Company. It was broadcast on TV Asahi from March 1, 1986, to February 21, 1987 , replacing ''Dengeki Sentai Changeman'' and was replaced by ''Hikari Sentai Maskman'' with 50 episodes. It was the first Sentai series that introduced a second giant robot, Titan Boy. Yutaka Izubuchi designed all the characters in the series. He would return to design characters for ''Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters''. Storyline In 1966, five children were kidnapped by an alien group known as the Alien Hunters for the Reconstructive Experiment Empire Mess, who wanted samples of humans from Earth to experiment on. The children were rescued by Mess' arch enemy, the Flash alien race, which took each one to a different planet of the Flash solar system for training. Each child was trained separately in a range of superpowers that will allow them to fight Mess, their bodies also adapted to the atmosphere of the Flash Solar System makin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mega Man 2
''Mega Man 2'' is an action game developed and published by Capcom for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was released in Japan in 1988 and in North America and PAL regions the following years. ''Mega Man 2'' continues Mega Man (character), Mega Man's battle against the evil Dr. Wily and his rogue robots. It introduced graphical and gameplay changes, many of which became series staples. Although sales for the original ''Mega Man (video game), Mega Man ''were unimpressive, Capcom allowed the team to create a sequel. They worked concurrently on other Capcom projects, using their free time to develop the game, using unused content from the first game. Takashi Tateishi composed the soundtrack, with Yoshihiro Sakaguchi serving as a sound programmer. ''Mega Man 2'' is the second best selling Mega Man (original series), ''Mega Man'' game, with more than 1.51 million copies sold. Critics praised its audio, visuals and gameplay as an improvement over the first game. Many publications ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Masters
Gerald Masters born Gerald Watkiss (February 17, 1955 – February 5, 2007) was a musician, solo artist and songwriter, achieving fame during the late seventies and early eighties. After releasing four albums, produced by Tony Atkins, as a solo artist between 1977 and 1983, he continued in the music business working as a producer/writer with Island, working with artists including Andy Gibb, Neville Staples and The Equators. Following this work, he struck up writing partnerships with Aziz Ibrahim (Ex-Simply Red, Stone Roses) and Paul Beard (James Blunt, Robbie Williams, Leona Lewis). In 2006, Masters decided to write and release his own material again, under the name Rescue Party, a collaboration with fellow co-writer and producer Gareth Rhys Jones. Additionally, Masters was a writer for TV, most notably composing "A Handful of Smarties Smarties are colour-varied sugar-coated chocolate confectionery. They have been manufactured since 1937, originally by H.I. Rowntree & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
