tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post2564581434018996037..comments2024-03-28T19:58:17.811+00:00Comments on Wargaming Miscellany: An A to Z of StrackenzRobert (Bob) Corderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-78459362834716793762013-06-08T16:31:04.581+01:002013-06-08T16:31:04.581+01:00CoastConFan,
I read all the FLASHMAN books as the...CoastConFan,<br /><br />I read all the FLASHMAN books as they were published, and have re-read them several times since. It just so happened that I bought the first two books in the series for my Kindle so that I had something to read whilst on my latest cruise.<br /><br />The list of fictional ships is very interesting, and thanks for bringing it to my notice.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-35138320652964893822013-06-08T14:58:30.091+01:002013-06-08T14:58:30.091+01:00Gadzooks good sir, I had thought you read the Flas...Gadzooks good sir, I had thought you read the Flashman books years ago! I understand they were mandatory reading fare like the Hornblower books for old gamers. By the way, I found this list of fictional ships used in stories that might be of some interesting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_shipsCoastConFanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07250561260148656254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-45897033653699468252013-06-08T14:26:12.396+01:002013-06-08T14:26:12.396+01:00Archduke Piccolo,
I had not heard of SOPHY OF KRA...Archduke Piccolo,<br /><br />I had not heard of SOPHY OF KRAVONIA before, but I have now read a synopsis of the plot and it does sound as if Antony Hope based it on a watered-down version of Lola Montez's life. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. It will make an interesting addition to my library of nineteenth century fiction.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-79474659427456778912013-06-08T13:21:49.615+01:002013-06-08T13:21:49.615+01:00I had forgotten that Fritz did get at least a brie...I had forgotten that Fritz did get at least a brief mention. Incidentally, neither G McD F nor Flashy von Nowhere mention that Flashy himself must have related to Anthony Hope Hawkins the story of his involvement with Lola Montez. At any rate the author of 'The Prisoner of Zenda' also wrote 'Sophy of Kravonia', which, I have to agree with popular opinion, was nowhere near as good as the former novel. Sophy ends pretty much as Lola did, losing everything. Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-72927715152291478262013-06-08T08:52:20.966+01:002013-06-08T08:52:20.966+01:00Archduke Piccolo,
There are hints in ROYAL FLASH ...Archduke Piccolo,<br /><br />There are hints in ROYAL FLASH that Rudi has an 'interesting' career after the plot in Strackenz fails, and that he is part of the victorious Prussian Army that marches on Paris in 1870.<br /><br />George MacDonald Fraser does mention a von Tarlenheim in his story. He is the nobleman with whom Prince Carl Gustaf is staying overnight just before he enters Strackenz to get married.<br /><br />The two stories are sufficiently different to work together, and GMF writes in such a way that he almost convinces you that his is the true story and Hope's is the adapted/plagiarised version!<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-46660075287846056652013-06-08T00:14:28.160+01:002013-06-08T00:14:28.160+01:00One of my favoritest villains, the Freiherr Rudi v...One of my favoritest villains, the Freiherr Rudi von Starnberg, Austrian nobleman and adventurer - cognate to another of my favorite villains, Rupert of Hentzau.<br /><br />I daresay GMcDF didn't have a place in his story for Fritz von Tarlenheim;<br />and he does change some names slightly. Colonel Sapt becomes Sapten, of indeterminant rank; Strelsau becomes Strelhow; Zenda becomes the Jotunberg...<br /><br />Both are great stories, and strangely complement each other.Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.com