Christopher Maclehose

The derring-do that created Flashman

Christopher Maclehose recalls his dealings with the author of the Flashman novels, George Macdonald Fraser

The success of the Flashman series owed something to the inspired choice of Arthur Barbosa as designer of the covers [Getty Images/Shutterstock/iStock/Alamy]

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