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  <title><![CDATA[Flashman and the Mountain of Light (The Flashman Papers, #9)]]></title>
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  <default_description>Shirking the defence of the Indian frontier in the First Sikh War, Flashman opts for secret service in the court of a nymphomaniac Maharani who wears the legendary Koh-i-Noor diamond in her navel. Volume IX of the &lt;i&gt;Flashman Papers&lt;/i&gt;. With the mighty Sikh army poised to invade India, every able-bodied man was needed to defend Britannia's frontier. When the Call of Duty came, Flashman had his answer ready: '&lt;i&gt;I'll drown in blood first!&lt;/i&gt;' Alas for poor Flashy there was no avoiding the terrors of secret service in the debauched and intrigue-ridden court of the Punjab, the attentions of its beautiful nymphomaniac Maharani, the horrors of its torture chambers, or the dread influence of the Mountain of Light. </default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1990</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Flashman and the Mountain of Light (The Flashman Papers, #9)</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[George MacDonald Fraser]]></name>
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    <review id="22478369">
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  <date_added>Sun May 18 07:35:57 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun May 18 07:42:03 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[If any criticism can be leveled at the Flashman books  it is that they are heavily formulaic. Each novel invariably features Flashman going undercover in an exotic foreign land, wearing some sort of native garb, bedding a wild variety of women, escaping with his life from some of the most memorable ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22478369">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="60314609">
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  <date_added>Fri Jun 19 11:59:47 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jun 19 12:02:53 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another great Flashman book. Not for everyone, but this series is such a good romp through major military and social history of the 19th century--all through the eyes of a cowardly English cad whose only redeeming quality is his honesty and ability to recall somewhat dispassionately. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60314609]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="70803799">
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 1997</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Sep 10 21:11:41 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Sep 10 21:12:16 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was disappointed by this series.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70803799]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="56845367">
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Thu Jun 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu May 21 07:40:30 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jun 08 02:07:48 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Who knew that Sikh history could be full of sex drugs and rock &amp; roll. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56845367]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="35008898">
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri Oct 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Oct 10 15:41:53 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Oct 20 12:58:26 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count>2</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Though not the greatest in the Flashman series, it is definitely a worthwhile read. Once again Fraser's craven hero(stolen from Tom Brown's School Days) finds himself in the soup during the Sikh wars. He lies, cowers, begs, toadies, and fornicates his way to glory.<br/><br/>The Flashman series kic...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35008898">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="20110805">
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    <name><![CDATA[Patrick\]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Tucson, AZ]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <date_added>Mon Apr 14 00:21:57 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Apr 21 21:24:19 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Flashman is for the ages, as pointed out in this book. He is always at a pivotal point in history and helps make the turn, unwillingly and anadvertantly. The bad boy as man continues to make the best of reads in accurate historical settings. Don't miss Flashman.]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="6760228">
    <user id="177434">
    <name><![CDATA[Ac]]></name>
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Sep 25 07:32:02 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Oct 08 21:09:20 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've read a number of the Flashman series books, and decided to pick this one only because it concerns India. Has some decent amount of historical information as most of the books do. I may want to read a history of the Koh-i-noor after reading this novel. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6760228]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="36947428">
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    <name><![CDATA[Bernard]]></name>
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <date_added>Wed Nov 05 02:53:55 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Nov 05 02:54:00 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Kicks ass, rollicking good read about an English officer who's a total bastard yet always lands with his ass in the butter... very funny, raunchy and educational, as the author always portrays him crucial historical events that changed history.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36947428]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="32452498">
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <date_added>Tue Sep 09 12:08:31 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Sep 09 12:10:23 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[For some unknown reason I take great pleasure in reading Flashman on long train journies. I guess tales of cowardice in the Victorian age make the mundane trip go quicker. Sadly I only have a few more to go. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32452498]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="13043163">
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Jan 21 08:35:05 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't like this Flashman as much as the others I've read, because it contains a lot of military history--very much the schoolboy read, complete with gyrating Oriental orgies. Ahem.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13043163]]></url>
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    <review id="5019176">
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <date_added>Thu Aug 23 13:12:44 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Aug 23 13:13:28 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[In which Flashman is remarkably brave much to his own suprise.]]></body>
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    <review id="3444626">
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    <body><![CDATA[Not my favorite Flashman, but any Flashy is better than none. ]]></body>
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