Flashman: From the Flashman Papers, 1839-1842
by Fraser, George MacDonald
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0257667997
- ISBN 13
- 9780257667997
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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
- Tulsa Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 024376
- Title
- Flashman: From the Flashman Papers, 1839-1842
- Author
- Fraser, George MacDonald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0257667997
- ISBN 13
- 9780257667997
- Publisher
- Barrie & Jenkins; (1976)
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 1969
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