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Flashman at the Charge

George MacDonald Fraser

Yes, that unabashed adventurer, shameless scoundrel and lustful libertine Flashman is back - racing away from danger in the greatest charge in history, and plunging into amorous action with as lascivious a line-up of fair ladies as has ever given the life to purity and virtue. You're in for a wild and uninhibited ride when you join "Flashman at the Charge."

Book Details

  • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
  • Publish Date: Oct 1st, 1986
  • Pages: 288
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.02in - 5.33in - 0.66in - 0.55lb
  • EAN: 9780452264137
  • Recommended age: 18-UP
  • Categories: LiteraryHistorical - GeneralAction & Adventure

About the Author

George MacDonald Fraser was a bestselling historical novelist, journalist and screenwriter. He is perhaps most famous for his series of Flashman novels, featuring his antihero Harry Flashman. In addition to his novels, he wrote numerous screenplays, most notably The Three Musketeers and the James Bond film Octopussy. George MacDonald Fraser died in 2008 at the age of 82.

Praise for this book

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