Flashman in the Great Game [Paperback]

George MacDonald Fraser (Author)

Book Description

Series: Flashman | Publication Date: April 5, 1977

The story of what happened to Flashman, the caddish bully of "Tom Brown's Schooldays", after he was expelled in drunken disgrace from Rugby school in the late 1830s. The author has written several books about Flashman, and books of short stories, including "The General Danced at Dawn".

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Editorial Reviews

Review

'If ever there was a time when I felt that watcher-of-the-skies-when-a-new-planet stuff, it was when I read the first Flashman' PG Wodehouse 'Mr Fraser is a skilful and meticulous writer, twice as good as Buchan and twenty times better than Fleming' Auberon Waugh, Evening Standard --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

The author of the famous 'Flashman Papers' and the 'Private McAuslan' stories, George MacDonald Fraser has worked on newspapers in Britain and Canada. In addition to his novels he has also written numerous films, most notably 'The Three Musketeers', 'The Four Musketeers', and the James Bond film, 'Octopussy'. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Signet (April 5, 1977)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451074297
• ISBN-13: 978-0451074294
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,285,959 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Rousing, historically-based tale of English in India, October 5, 1998

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This review is from: Flashman in the Great Game (Charnwood Library Series) (Hardcover)

Wonderful, rousing, and educational - you have to read this with a bookmark in the footnotes section, and you'll probably enjoy doing so - the historical research Fraser does is astounding, and exposes much of the hypocrisy of John Company's stay in "Indja".