LEADER 01646ojm 2200253z- 450 001 9910148954903321 005 20230912161814.0 010 $a0-00-759351-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000000923202 035 $a(BIP)049193745 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000923202 100 $a20231107c2015uuuu -u- - 101 0 $aeng 200 10$aFlashman (The Flashman Papers, Book 1) 210 $cHarperCollins UK 330 8 $aHarry 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.Flashman, soldier, duellist, lover, imposter, coward, cad and hero, triumphs in this first instalment of The Flashman Papers. His adventures as the reluctant secret agent in Afghanistan and his entry into the exclusive company of Lord Cardigan's Hussars culminate in his foulest hour - his part in the historic disaster of the Retreat from Kabul.This is the story of a blackguard who enjoyed villainy for its own sake. Shameless, exciting and funny, Flashman's deplorable odyssey is observed with the cynical eye of a scoundrel who was honest only in reporting what he saw. He makes all other black sheep look respectable grey. 517 $aFlashman 676 $a823.914 700 $aFraser$b George MacDonald$0445386 702 $aMace$b Colin$4oth 906 $aAUDIO 912 $a9910148954903321 996 $aFlashman (The Flashman Papers, Book 1)$93654368 997 $aUNINA