FLASHMAN IN THE GREAT GAME
Language: English
Published by Knopf, New York, 1975
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Cedar Tree Antiques, Upland, CA, U.S.A.Cedar Tree Antiques
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FLASHMAN IN THE GREAT GAME by George MacDonald Fraser, published in New York by Knopf. This is the 5th book in the Flashman series. A fine book in a fine jacket. Corners not bumped. Not ex. library, no remainder mark, not a book club edition. No bookplate or markings. Spine & hinges are sound. Deckled fore edge, text block's top edge is red stained. Dust jacket is not price clipped and is crisp and bright. Flashman is recruited to go to Jhansi in India and investigate rumours of a rebellion among the Sepoys. Flashman again encounters Nicholas Pavlovich Ignatiev, and the Russian tries to kill him. Once in Jhansi he meets the queen, Rani Lakshmibai. He listens to her grievances against the British Raj and attempts to seduce her. Shortly afterwards he is nearly garroted by Thuggees and assumes the disguise of Makarram Khan, a Hasanzai of the Black Mountain, and takes refuge in the native cavalry at Meerut. While there, the Sepoy Mutiny begins. Flashman survives the Siege of Cawnpore and the Siege of Lucknow but ends up imprisoned in Gwalior after an attempt to deliver Lakshmi into British hands. He is released just in time to witness her death in battle.…
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- Title
- FLASHMAN IN THE GREAT GAME
- Author
- Fraser, George MacDonald
- Publisher
- Knopf, New York
- Publication year
- 1975
- Condition
- As New
- Dust jacket
- As New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0394498933
- ISBN 13
- 9780394498935
- Edition
- 1st American Edition
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Seller catalogs
- 20th century fiction & literature, Fiction, First Edition
Harry Flashman: the unrepentant bully of Tom Brown’s 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.
What caused the Indian Mutiny? The greased cartridge, religious fanaticism, political blundering, yes – but one hitherto unsuspected factor is now revealed to be the furtive figure who fled across India in 1857 with such frantic haste: Flashman.
Plumbing new depths of anxious knavery in his role as secret agent extraordinaire, Flashman saw far more of the Great Mutiny than he wanted. How he survived Thugs and Tsarist agents, Eastern beauties and cabinet ministers and kept his skin intact is a mystery revealed here in this volume of The Flashman Papers.
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Review
'The Flashman Papers do what all great sagas do – winning new admirers along the way but never, ever betraying old ones. It 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
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