Flashman by George Macdonald Fraser
Harry Flashman: the unrepentant bully of Tom Browns 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.'The Flashman Papers do what all great sagas do – winning new admirers along the way but never, ever betraying old onesIt is an immense achievement.' Sunday Telegraph
`Not so much a march as a full-blooded charge, fortified by the usual lashings of salty sex, meticulously choreographed battle scenes and hilariously spineless acts of self preservation by Flashman.’ Sunday Times
`Not only are the Flashman books extremely funny, but they give meticulous care to authenticity. You can, between the guffaws, learn from them.’ Washington Post
`A first-rate historical novelist’ Kingsley Amis
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 numeous films, most notably ‘The Three Musketeers’, ‘The Four Musketeers’, and the James Bond film, ‘Octopussy’. George Macdonald Fraser died in January 2008 at the age of 82.
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| EAN | 9780007202096 |
| Title | Flashman |
| Format | Abridged Audiobook CD |
| Studio | HarperCollins |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Note | Unavailable |
| By (author) | George MacDonald Fraser |
| Read by | Rupert Penry-Jones |