Flashman: From the Flashman Papers 1839-1842
by George MacDonald Fraser (Edited and Arranged by)
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- good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0452255880
- ISBN 13
- 9780452255883
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Synopsis
The first instalment of the Flashman Papers sees the fag-roasting rotter from Tom Brown's Schooldays commence his military career as a reluctant secret agent in Afghanistan. Expelled from Rugby for drunkenness, and none too welcome at home after seducing his father's mistress, the young Flashman embarks on a military career with Lord Cardigan's Hussars. En route to Afghanistan, our hero hones his skills as a soldier, duellist, imposter, coward and amorist (mastering all 97 ways of Hindu love-making during a brief sojourn in Calcutta), before being pressed into reluctant service as a secret agent. His Afghan adventures culminate in a starring role in that great historic disaster, the Retreat from Kabul.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4iFg0038
- Title
- Flashman: From the Flashman Papers 1839-1842
- Author
- George MacDonald Fraser (Edited and Arranged by)
- Illustrator
- Arthur Barbarosa (Cover Illustration)
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Pllume Printing, 1984
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0452255880
- ISBN 13
- 9780452255883
- Publisher
- Plume Book/ Published by the Penguin Group
- Place of Publication
- New York, et al.
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- Fiction, Fictional Novel, Cult Classic, Comedic Fiction
- Size
- 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall
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