Flashman

Author: George MacDonald Fraser

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  • : 19.99 AUD
  • : 9780007557356
  • : HarperCollins Publishers
  • : Harper
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  • : 0.27
  • : May 2015
  • : 197mm X 130mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 19.99
  • : May 2015
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  • : books

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  • : George MacDonald Fraser
  • : Paperback
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  • : 352
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Description

Harry Flashman: the unrepentant bully of Tom Brown's schooldays, now with a Victoria Cross, has three main talents - horsemanship, facility with foreign languages and fornication. A reluctant military hero, Flashman plays a key part in most of the defining military campaigns of the 19th century, despite trying his utmost to escape them all. Flashman, soldier, duellist, lover, imposter, coward, cad and hero, triumphs in this first instalment of The Flashman Papers. His adventures as the reluctant secret agent in Afghanistan and his entry into the exclusive company of Lord Cardigan's Hussars culminate in his foulest hour - his part in the historic disaster of the Retreat from Kabul. This is the story of a blackguard who enjoyed villainy for its own sake. Shameless, exciting and funny, Flashman's deplorable odyssey is observed with the cynical eye of a scoundrel who was honest only in reporting what he saw. He makes all other black sheep look respectable grey.