Move over Caesar...

[richsc]

Sorry Cato, Macro, Decius, Falco...<br>
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and for that matter Sharpe, Hornblower and Aubrey..<br>
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Flashman on the March<br>
by GEORGE MACDONALD FRASER<br>
November 2005 <p>Legio XX Caupona Asellinae</p><i></i>

[Caius Fabius]

sounds waaaaay! Off Topic to me!<br>
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<p>"There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments, and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance -- that principle is contempt prior to investigation." Herbert Spencer</p><i></i>

[richsc]

*ahem* well allright... <p>Legio XX<br>
Caput dolet, pedes fetent, Iesum non amo<br>
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</p><i></i>

[Tarbicus]

Besides, Macro would have Flashman for breakfast lunch, and a nibble on the side to go with his Lucanian sausages from Paulus Flaminius. In fact, Cato would as well..... <p></p><i></i>

[Daniel S Peterson]

GREAT, I can't wait. I had though Geo. Mac. Frazier must have been dead by now!<br>
Dan <p></p><i></i>

[Anonymous]

So what period does this "Flashman" cover? <p></p><i></i>

[Tarbicus]

www.harryflashman.org/GMF.htm<br>
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The author wrote the Ollie Reed Musketeer screenplays. Okay, kudos.<br>
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Also, www.harryflashman.org/vol12.htm<br>
<p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p200.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=tarbicus>Tarbicus</A> at: 3/23/05 12:07 am<br></i>

[richsc]

Flashman was actually the 'hero' of Tom Brown's School Days, a novel by the forgetable Tom Hughes.<br>
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Flashman was in every significant battle in the 19th Century; in the Thin Red Line and the Charge of the Light Brigade, survived the Afghan wars, beat the Sikh's, was with Custer at the Little Big Horn, a member of the Apache, looted the Emperor's palace in Beijing, got through Picket's Charge, commanded at Rorke's Drift, impersonated Bismark, got the VC at least once, rose to Field Marshall, called the queen 'Vickie", you get the picture.<br>
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How can Cato or Falco or anyone else compare?? <p>Legio XX<br>
Caput dolet, pedes fetent, Iesum non amo<br>
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[Tarbicus]

Quote:</em></strong><hr>How can Cato or Falco or anyone else compare??<hr><br>
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Because Cato and Macro didn't beat up and roast young children, unlike a certain 'villain' of Tom Brown's Schooldays<br>
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And the Romans have only just started. Give Mr. Scarrow a good while longer and then we shall see <p></p><i></i>