Recently, one our favorite authors, George MacDonald Fraser, passed leaving a legacy of the greatest international bounder and cad. Harry Flashman, yellow-bellied lout and ladies man of the lowest caliber, led the most adventurous life on the planet exploring the known world during the Victorian era.
Ahh, the days of such an extraordinary wretch being hailed for his failures and worshiped for his self-preserving wounds are long gone. Or are they?
For those of you in the US, read the bios of the current Presidential candidates and long for the the simple wisdom as written by former President, Jimmy Carter.
Peruse the memoirs of Harry Flashman with a close eye, travel the globe with him to learn that there is nothing new under the political sun only that we label our parties and candidates with new names.
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