Flashman
by Fraser, George MacDonald
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Red cloth Thid Spo Previous owner's name in blue ink on first page
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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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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Details
- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 332993
- Title
- Flashman
- Author
- Fraser, George MacDonald
- Format/Binding
- 256 pp. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Red cloth Thid Spo Previous owner's name in blue ink on first page
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Herbert Jenkins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- British | Military
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; History, Travel & Geography;
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