George MacDonald Fraser
Flashman
Paperback
(Plume Aug. 1, 1984)
, 1st Pllume Printing, 1984 edition
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.
- Series
- Flashman
- ISBN
- 0452255880 / 9780452255883
- Pages
- 256
- Weight
- 8.8 oz.
- Dimensions
- 7.0 x 1.0
in.