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Flashman in the Great Game
- The Flashman Papers, Book 8
- Narrated by: Colin Mace
- Length: 12 hrs and 20 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.
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.
Critic reviews
"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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- Gary
- 07-11-16
one of the best
fantastic book. listened on three occasions and had the book finished on the last occasion.
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- ndg
- 26-03-21
One of the best Flashman stories
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.
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- totty1@supanet.com
- 23-07-16
More Flashy adventures
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.
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- M R Thrall
- 16-05-16
amazing
the finest out of all the flashman novels. it has everything you could want in a flashman novel
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- Gruffalo
- 08-08-21
Brilliant
I love the Flashman Chronicles.and this one did not disappoint, it was action packed and dramatic, tense and hilarious by turns.
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- Jono
- 24-02-19
Vintage Flashy
Can Flashman ever be beaten?
NEVER!!
Excellently read, as enjoyable in audio now as when I read it for the first time as a teenager 20 years ago!
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- Debs J
- 29-06-16
Love it!
Brilliant, funny, informative. A great perspective on historical events, for, in between all the "romancing", dodging, running away and, I do believe, there is bravery, you can pick up a bit of knowledge on historical shake ups.
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- d l murley
- 18-01-19
Good story let down by poor volume control
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.
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- Amazon Customer
- 29-07-22
fascinating as wel as extremely entertaining
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
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- The Goat
- 18-01-23
Great
Another romping read from Harry Flashman. He’s in India this time up to his usual antics
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