Flashman at the Charge

By George MacDonald Fraser,

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Coward, scoundrel, lover and cheat, but there is no better man to go into the jungle with. Join Flashman in his adventures as he survives fearful ordeals and outlandish perils across the four corners of the world.

As the Light Brigade prepare to charge the Russian guns at Balaclava, Flashman…

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These were an early read for me, and at 14 years old, I consumed every Flashman book I could find. Harry Flashman was the bully responsible for the abusive treatment of Tom in Tom Brown’s Schooldays, and I so wanted to see him get the fate he deserved. 

Flashman is a cad, a bully, a coward, and the worst sort of officer, but he always seems to turn up trumps—a phrase with strange resonance today. These meticulously researched novels—this one is set amidst the Charge of the Light Brigade - put Flashman in the worst of situations, only for…

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