Flashman : From The Flashman Papers, 1839-1842
by Fraser, George Macdonald
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good +
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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
- Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 032284
- Title
- Flashman : From The Flashman Papers, 1839-1842
- Author
- Fraser, George Macdonald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- The World Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1969
- Pages
- 255
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Flashman, Harry Paget (Fictitious Character) - Fiction; British - Afghanistan - Fiction; British - India - Fiction. Historical, War & Military
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