Flashman

A Novel

A Novel

By George MacDonald Fraser

By George MacDonald Fraser

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Aug 01, 1984 | 256 Pages

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    About Flashman

    “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.”–P.G. Wodehouse

    The first novel in the Flashman series

    Fraser revives Flashman, a caddish bully from Tom Brown’s Schooldays by Thomas Hughes, and relates Flashman’s adventures after he is expelled in drunken disgrace from Rugby school in the late 1830s. Flashy enlists in the Eleventh Light Dragoons and is promptly sent to India and Afghanistan, where despite his consistently cowardly behavior he always manages to come out on top. Flashman is an incorrigible anti-hero for the ages. This humorous adventure book will appeal to fans of historical fiction, military fiction, and British history as well as to fans of Clive Cussler, James Bond, and The Three Musketeers.

    About Flashman

    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.”– P.G. Wodehouse

    Fraser revives Flashman, a caddish bully from Tom Brown’s Schooldays by Thomas Hughes, and relates Flashman’s adventures after he is expelled in drunken disgrace from Rugby school in the late 1830s. Flashy enlists in the Eleventh Light Dragoons and is promptly sent to India and Afghanistan, where despite his consistently cowardly behavior he always manages to come out on top. Flashman is an incorrigible anti-hero for the ages. This humorous adventure book will appeal to fans of historical fiction, military fiction, and British history as well as to fans of Clive Cussler, James Bond, and The Three Musketeers. 
     
    Flashman is the first book of the famous “Flashman Papers” series.

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    Praise

    Praise for the Flashman series
    “Hilariously funny.”—The New York Times Book Review
     
    “Great dirty fun!”—Grand Rapids Press
     
    “The most entertaining anti-hero in a long time… Moves from one ribald and deliciously corrupt episode to the next… Wonderful and scandalous.”—Publishers Weekly
     
    “Raises dastardliness to the level of an art… One of the most amusing and sardonic novels I have ever read!”—Omaha World
     
    “As irreverent and picaresque as Tom Jones and always more dramatic… Flashman is a one-man demolition squad!”—Chicago Today
     
    “Marvelously entertaining… A delight!”—Providence Journal

    About George MacDonald Fraser

    George MacDonald Fraser was born in England and educated in Scotland. He served in a Highland regiment in India, Africa, and the Middle East. In addition to his books, he has written screenplays, including The Three Musketeers, The Four Musketeers, and the… More about George MacDonald Fraser

    About George MacDonald Fraser

    George MacDonald Fraser was born in England and educated in Scotland. He served in a Highland regiment in India, Africa, and the Middle East. In addition to his books, he has written screenplays, including The Three Musketeers, The Four Musketeers, and the… More about George MacDonald Fraser

    Product Details

    Paperback
    Published by Plume
    Aug 01, 1984 | 256 Pages | 5-5/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780452259614

    Ebook
    Published by Plume
    Feb 26, 2013 | 256 Pages | ISBN 9781101633793

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