Playbill
April, 1973
In 1969, a British-born, Scottish-reared journalist, relatively unknown beyond the circulation limits of the Glasgow Herald, wrote a book of purportedly historical import: Flashman: From the Flashman Papers. It was about the improbable Afghan War adventures of Harry Flashman, the bully from the classic novel Tom Brown's Schooldays---but, according to Time magazine, ten out of 42 American reviewers swallowed it whole, as a genuine memoir. Recognizing a good thing, Flashman's creator, George MacDo...
