Flashman Book 1 by George MacDonald Fraser · Audiobook preview

Flashman
The Flashman Papers · Book 1
Authored by George MacDonald Fraser
Narrated by Colin Mace

0:00 Intro
0:03 How Did I Get the Idea of Flashman?
15:05 Outro

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BOOK DESCRIPTION

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.

Flashman, soldier, duellist, lover, imposter, coward, cad and hero, triumphs in this first instalment of The Flashman Papers. His adventures as the reluctant secret agent in Afghanistan and his entry into the exclusive company of Lord Cardigan’s Hussars culminate in his foulest hour – his part in the historic disaster of the Retreat from Kabul.

This is the story of a blackguard who enjoyed villainy for its own sake. Shameless, exciting and funny, Flashman’s deplorable odyssey is observed with the cynical eye of a scoundrel who was honest only in reporting what he saw. He makes all other black sheep look respectable grey.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

George MacDonald Fraser OBE was a bestselling historical novelist, journalist and screenwriter. Having worked on newspapers in Britain and Canada he is perhaps most famous for his series of Flashman novels and his anti-hero Harry Flashman. In addition to his novels he has also written numerous screenplays, most notably The Three Musketeers and the James Bond film, Octopussy. George MacDonald Fraser died in January 2008 at the age of 82.

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AUDIOBOOK DETAILS

Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published on: February 26, 2015
ISBN: 9780007593514
Duration: 9 hr, 58 min
Genres: Fiction / Action & Adventure, Fiction / Classics, Fiction / Historical / General, Fiction / Humorous / General, Fiction / Sports, Fiction / Thrillers / Espionage, Fiction / War & Military, Fiction / Westerns