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Old 12-11-2009, 10:20 AM   #27
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Originally Posted by cassidym View Post
Among my favorite historical fiction are the Flashman series by George MacDonald Fraser. He borrowed the Harry Flashman character from the novel 'Tom Brown's School Days' and has placed him at the center of momentous events in Victorian Britain such as the Charge of the Light Brigade, Sacking of the Summer Palace and the Retreat from Kabul. He even has him in the US in a couple of novels.

Very funny while at the same time, very historically accurate.
Second this recommendation, absolutely my favourite series of books. I would query the 'love story' requirement with these though. Harry Flashman's more of a 'lust' kind of guy.
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