Sir Harry Flashman's Canadian Assignment: 1885 Uprising (Chapter One)

Introducing the Original Flashman Story

• 💡 The narrator, a fan of George Macdonald Fraser's Flashman books, created his own six-part, one-hour audio fan fiction.
• ✍️ This Chapter One is entirely written and narrated by him, aiming to bring a new adventure for the Victorian scoundrel.

Flashman's Canadian Exile

• 🍁 Sir Harry Flashman arrived in Canada in 1885 after an "indiscretion" in London involving a diplomat's wife and a Bengal tiger.
• 💂 He was seconded to the Governor General's bodyguard in Toronto, enjoying a life of minimal duty and looking official.
• ❄️ The Canadian landscape in early spring was described as cold, with snow and ice, contrasting with Flashman's comfortable officer's mess life.

The Urgent Summons to Ottawa

• ✉️ Flashman received a military courier summons to Ottawa, expecting a decoration but instead meeting Lord Lansdown, the Governor General.
• 🧐 Lansdown revealed London's concern over growing unrest among the Métis and Cree in the west, led by Louis Riel.

A Mission to the Canadian West

• 🎯 Flashman was tasked to go west as an advisor to Superintendent Crozier at Battleford, who lacked experience with native populations.
• 🛡️ His role as a British liaison and military adviser was to discreetly monitor the situation and prevent a "mutiny" like those in India.
• 🐎 Flashman, despite his reluctance, found himself at Fort Garry, preparing for a journey into the "valley of death" towards the frontier uprising.