Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0008994, Sat, 6 Dec 2003 15:51:01 -0800

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Fw: Fw: Fw:More PF & Zenda
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From: "Mark Bennett" <mab@straussandasher.com>
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> Why, its "Royal Flash" of course
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> From: <tom@discobolus.co.za>
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> > Dear Don and List,
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> > Anthony Hope's charming villain who has a sequel to himself, and whose
> name
> > Charles Nicol can't remember, is Rupert of Hentzau. What I can't
> > remember is the title of George McDonald Fraser's second Flashman
> > novel, where "Flashy" behaves like the quintessential cad he is
> > (impersonation of monarch, defloration of princess) during an intrigue
> > in
> Schleswig-Holstein.
> > When the caper is concluded, the drunken Flashy inspires "Zenda" by
> > confiding in "some scribbler feller -- think his name was Hope."
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> > Regards,
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> > Tom (Rymour)