Harry Flashman: the unrepentant bully of Tom BrownΓ’??s schooldays, now with a Victoria Cross, has three main talents Γ’?? 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,
Flashman at the Charge
β Scribed by George MacDonald Fraser
- Publisher
- Plume;HarperCollins
- Year
- 2013;1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 204 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0006512984
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
βHilariously funny.ββ** The New York Times Book Review**
βGreat dirty fun!ββ** Grand Rapids Press**
βThe most entertaining anti-hero in a long timeβ¦ Moves from one ribald and deliciously corrupt episode to the nextβ¦ Wonderful and scandalous.ββ** Publishers Weekly**
The fourth volume of memoirs in which Harry Flashman confronts destiny with Lord Cardigan and the Light Brigade. Part of the Flashman series, comprising Flashman , Royal Flash , and Flash for Freedom , among others, which explores the successful though scandalous later career of the bully in Tom Brown's School Days.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Review
'If ever there was a time when I felt that watcher-of-the-skies-when-a-new-planet stuff, it was when I read the first Flashman' PG Wodehouse 'Mr Fraser is a skilful and meticulous writer, twice as good as Buchan and twenty times better than Fleming' Auberon Waugh, Evening Standard
About the Author
The author of the famous 'Flashman Papers' and the 'Private McAuslan' stories, George MacDonald Fraser has worked on newspapers in Britain and Canada. In addition to his novels he has also written numerous films, most notably 'The Three Musketeers', 'The Four Musketeers', and the James Bond film, 'Octopussy'.
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