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Flashman's heroic past; ***** Flashman On The March by George MacDonald Fraser .[pounds sterling]14.99 (0870 165 0870) HarperCollins [pounds sterling]17.99 BOOK REVIEWS.

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From: The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
Date: 20050410
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Byline: PETER HITCHENS

Slandering the past is a big industry nowadays. You'd think nothing good ever happened before The Beatles; that sex, human achievement and civilisation were invented at about the same time as the welfare state.

And it is easy to fall into this error, because so many young people have been robbed of their own history and have no idea that this belief is tripe.

How on earth can we put this right? One solution would be for George MacDonald Fraser to live forever, if it can be arranged. His series of Flashman books, now in their 12th volume, ought ...

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