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Flashman at the Charge
- The Flashman Papers, Book 7
- Narrated by: Colin Mace
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
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Summary
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.
Celebrated Victorian bounder, cad,and lecher, Sir Harry Flashman, VC, returns to play his (reluctant) part in the charge of the Light Brigade in this installment of the critically acclaimed Flashman Papers.
As the British cavalry prepared to launch themselves against the Russian guns at Balaclava, Harry Flashman was petrified.
But the Crimea was only the beginning: beyond lay the snowbound wastes of the great Russian slave empire, torture and death, headlong escapes from relentless enemies, savage tribal hordes to the right of him, passionate females to the left of him....
Then, finally, that unknown but desperate war on the roof of the world, when India was the prize, and there was nothing to stop the armed might of Imperial Russia but the wavering sabre and terrified ingenuity of old Flashman himself.
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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- mick hudson
- 22-08-18
Flashy
As per usual excellent piece of work and narration, looking forward to my next Audible
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- arthur bland
- 23-06-22
GMF puts the cad at the heart of events
Great fun again, Mace is brilliant from bullish bore to delicate (!) female he brings the Flashman story to full vibrant life. HawHaw.....
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- Carl
- 11-01-20
such fun
revisiting the Flashman papers after many years. still tummy hurtingly funny yet informative I would suggest that any student of history should read them, just in case.
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- Arnold Groves
- 09-05-23
Yes, Yes, Yes!!!
This is the fourth Flashman novel I’ve consumed, and the first audiobook. The narrator does a perfect 10/10 job - he gets the tone, the timing, the pitch, everything right. Bravo. Wonderful
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- Anonymous User
- 14-08-19
Fantastic
A wonderful story read beautifully. I enjoyed every moment. I have re learned a lot of history and I think Flashman at the charge is one of the best books in the Flahman papers. Thanks
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- David from Edinburgh
- 25-02-21
Still cuts it. Comic masterpiece
Loved every aspect of this Sparkling dialogue, great plot and very interesting elements of real history. Quite wonderful.
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- Martin
- 18-08-20
Rip roaring fun
OK so it ain’t PC and modern sensibilities might wince at the dreaded n word but it’s damned good fun, tongue in cheek with the usual cynicism about jingoistic nonsense and the waste of life that is war. Entertaining and as always you learn something of history you would never otherwise.
Top notch narration too.
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- nick
- 10-01-17
Amazing
Amazing story , lots of laugh out loud moments with flashy being a total cad as expected !!!
Colin Mace does an amazing job narrating flashman, an absolute joy.
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- handsum pete
- 08-07-16
loved it
Would you listen to Flashman at the Charge again? Why?
I love this book and really enjoyed listening to it
What was one of the most memorable moments of Flashman at the Charge?
throwing the girl in the snow, what a total ba@@@@d Flashman is
Which character – as performed by Colin Mace – was your favourite?
all great
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- Kugel Ball
- 01-12-16
One of my favourite flashman books!
Flashman being brave? Surely not! A great tale, touching on some history I was happy to learn more about.
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