Complex sentence: George McDonald Fraser re-invented the character of Harry Flashman in 1969 with his novel and short-story series "The Flashman Papers", beginning with the novel "Flashman", based around the First Anglo-Afghan War (1839--42).
Split into simpler sentences: George McDonald Fraser re-invented the character of Flashman, as Harry Flashman, in 1969 with his novel and short-story series "The Flashman Papers". Fraser's series begins with the novel "Flashman", which is based around the First Anglo-Afghan War (1839--42).