Flashman and the avoidance of Powerpoint

. . . I tried to run, my wounded leg gave way beneath me, and I went head-first into a large rock by the wayside and lost all interest in the proceedings.



Flashman on the March, p.265, Harper Collins, paperback edition 2005.


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Little by little

A land of mystery and terror and cruelty, and the loveliest women in all Africa . . . a smiling golden nymph in her little leather tunic, teasing me as she sat by a woodland stream plaiting her braids . . . a gaudy barbarian queen lounging on cushions surrounded by her tame lions . . . a tawny young beauty remarking to my captors: “If we feed him into the fire, little by little, he will speak . . .”
       Aye, it’s and interesting country, Abyssinia.


Flashman on the March, p.14, Harper Collins, paperback edition 2005.


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Not like Flashman

…there were times when even I found myself regarding her with an interest that wasn’t more than four-fifths lustful – and that ain’t like me.

Flashman in the Great Game, p.94, Pan edition, 4th printing, 1979.

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the first rule of politics

‘You don’t know one of the first rules of politics: that a man can be trusted to follow his own interest.’

Flashman, p.152, Pan edition, 12th printing, 1979.

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