false 142458 21 The first instalment of the <i>Flashman Papers</i> sees the fag-roasting rotter from <i>Tom Brown's Schooldays</i> 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. 1137467 book 1969 Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1) total:827|5:13|4:16|3:15|2:2|1:3| 827 3343 1087 148 5 7 false false Mon May 12 19:05:09 -0700 2008 Mon May 12 19:34:36 -0700 2008
The protagonist, the classic anti-hero Harry Flashman, is a scoundrel,...more...]]> 5 3 false false Thu Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 18 07:01:32 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 18 08:07:32 -0700 2008 2 2 false false Sat Jan 12 15:52:24 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 29 07:10:03 -0700 2008
I became interested in the Flashman books after hearing them described as a much-loved series of historically accurate...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Oct 29 15:53:08 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 16:45:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 23 16:28:48 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 09 15:20:50 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1974 Thu Aug 02 09:07:34 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 14 00:08:13 -0700 2008 several dozen more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 14:32:47 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 13:38:47 -0700 2009 Tom Brown’s Schooldays. This novel somewhat comically chronicles Flashman’s exploits in the British army, primarily in Afghan...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jun 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 15:24:26 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 20:09:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1970 Thu Apr 16 01:09:09 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 01:15:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Apr 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Dec 10 19:11:57 -0800 2008 Fri Apr 03 13:28:50 -0700 2009 ]]> 5 0 false false Mon Oct 26 12:03:16 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 15:14:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 14:24:28 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 07:07:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sat Jan 10 12:30:13 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 12:30:13 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 23 01:17:50 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 15:57:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 09:33:07 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 10:20:02 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed May 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 05 07:38:38 -0700 2008 Fri May 09 05:08:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Apr 18 13:21:43 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 18 15:06:37 -0700 2008 Thomas Hughes' Victorian morality novel, Tom Brown's Schooldays. In this, the first of a lengthy series, George MacDonald Fraser imagines life after expulsion for the cad.

It's a brilliant concept. The book and series...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 21 20:10:36 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 20:26:44 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Feb 02 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 25 17:27:44 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 03 17:17:06 -0800 2008 Tom Brown's School Days, gets his own say in this amusing fictional memoir of a drunken, debauched, cowardly, amoral son of privilege and his adventures in the service of 19th Century imperialist Britain. The premise of the series...more...]]> 4 0 false true Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Jan 24 21:53:17 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 23:14:16 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=142458