Practising pagan

…there’s one rule, as a practicing pagan, that I don’t break if I can help — never offend the local tribal gods; it ain’t lucky.


Flashman and the Angel of the Lord, p.80, Harper Collins, 1995.


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Tread uncommon wary

Being pagan (attached C of E) with no divine resources, I shall tread uncommon wary and keep my pepperbox handy.


Flashman and the Mountain of Light, p.114, Fontana Paperback edition, 1991.


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The Australian Ideal

      She fulfilled, you see, four of the five conditions necessary for what may be called the Australian Ideal — she was an immensely rich, stunningly beautiful, highly-skilled professional amorist with the sexual appetite of a pagan princess; she did not own a public house.

Flashman and the Dragon, p.231, Fontana Paperback edition, 1986.



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The answer

It came like the answer to a pagan’s prayer…

Royal Flash, p.61, Pan edition, 8th printing, 1978.

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