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George MacDonald Fraser
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Flashman: A Novel (Flashman) |
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English |
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Paperback |
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256 |
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1984-08-01 |
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0452259614 |
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Plume |
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0.3 pounds |
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0.6 x 5.4 x 7.98 inches |
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Reissue |
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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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