''The Reavers'' is a 2007

comic novel A comic novel is a novel-length work of humorous fiction. Many well-known authors have written comic novels, including P. G. Wodehouse, Henry Fielding, Mark Twain, and John Kennedy Toole. Comic novels are often defined by the author's literar ...

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George MacDonald Fraser George MacDonald Fraser (2 April 1925 – 2 January 2008) was a British author and screenwriter. He is best known for a series of works that featured the character Flashman. Biography Fraser was born to Scottish parents in Carlisle, England, ...

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Elizabethan Era The Elizabethan era is the epoch in the Tudor period of the history of England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603). Historians often depict it as the golden age in English history. The symbol of Britannia (a female personific ...

. It was the last novel Fraser published in his lifetime. "This book is nonsense," said Fraser. "It is meant to be... wildly over the top, written for the fun of it."

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Reavers Novels by George MacDonald Fraser British comedy novels British historical novels 2007 British novels HarperCollins books