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Flashman in the Great Game

The Flashman Papers, Book 8

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Flashman in the Great Game

By: George MacDonald Fraser
Narrated by: Colin Mace
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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.

What caused the Indian Mutiny? The greased cartridge, religious fanaticism, political blundering, yes – but one hitherto unsuspected factor is now revealed to be the furtive figure who fled across India in 1857 with such frantic haste: Flashman.

Plumbing new depths of anxious knavery in his role as secret agent extraordinaire, Flashman saw far more of the Great Mutiny than he wanted. How he survived Thugs and Tsarist agents, Eastern beauties and cabinet ministers and kept his skin intact is a mystery revealed here in this volume of The Flashman Papers.

©2015 George MacDonald Fraser (P)2015 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Espionage Genre Fiction Historical Literature & Fiction Political Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense

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Critic reviews

'The Flashman Papers do what all great sagas do – winning new admirers along the way but never, ever betraying old ones. It is an immense achievement.' Sunday Telegraph

‘Not so much a march as a full-blooded charge, fortified by the usual lashings of salty sex, meticulously choreographed battle scenes and hilariously spineless acts of self preservation by Flashman.’ Sunday Times

‘Not only are the Flashman books extremely funny, but they give meticulous care to authenticity. You can, between the guffaws, learn from them.’ Washington Post

‘A first-rate historical novelist’ Kingsley Amis
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Trip into history, great adventure . Flashman at his best. Good narrator only couldn't pronounce the Indian words ver well..

wow

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Beautifully narrated by Colin Mace so good I've purchased the next audible book of Flashy

Flashy

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Read the book first then listen to the audio book. You won’t be disappointed. You learn so much history whilst encouraging you to be critical. GMF as an author is a genius in my opinion.

Flashman Fan

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the finest out of all the flashman novels. it has everything you could want in a flashman novel

amazing

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Revisiting my Flashman phase and his less than glorious adventures are still great fun. The stories are well narrated and keep the flow of the story going along at a good pace.

More Flashy adventures

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fantastic book. listened on three occasions and had the book finished on the last occasion.

one of the best

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Funny and a great way to understand the history of the Indian uprising. You can’t fault a Flashman book for entertainment. They seem to be over in a flash, such a shame there aren’t many more in the series. Whoever reads/listens will be crying out for more.

One of the best Flashman stories

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Story was good as are most of GMF's, however Colin Mace's narration varies wildly in volume between inaudible to painfully loud. There's no volume at which the book can be comfortably listened to.

Good story let down by poor volume control

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Another romping read from Harry Flashman. He’s in India this time up to his usual antics

Great

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I knew little of the Indian Mutiny... school education seems to be rather lax in explaining the facts and this, along with other Flashman stories, has given an insight to this significant period of history, whilst consistently keeping the story fun and wanting to " turn the page"....
well I really enjoyed it

fascinating as wel as extremely entertaining

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