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Flashman and the Redskins

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 was Harry Flashman doing on the slopes of Little Bighorn, caught between the gallant remnant of Custer’s 7th Cavalry and the attack of Sitting Bull’s braves? He was trying to get out of the line of fire and escape yet again with his life (if not his honour) intact.

Here is the legendary and authentic West of Mangas Colorado’s Apaches, of Kit Carson, Custer and Spotted Tail, of Crazy Horse and the Deadwood stage, gunfighters and gamblers, scoundrels and Indian belles, enthusiastic widows and mysterious adventuresses. The West as it really was: terrifying!

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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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The best of them all. Great read, funny, educational and exciting.

What a great deal of research must have gone into this book to achieve the detail.

Pity George never got round to the Civil War shenanigans hinted at in the book.

Brilliant book

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Lovely dove tail with his previous adventures in the US, this sees Flashmans’s sins of 20 years previous catch up with him as he joins the Sioux and Custer on an ill fated adventure

Another great Flashman tale

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I was disappointed in that the best Flashman voice I have ever heard was Timothy West. But Colin Mace does a good job I can't really complain about

I'm a long time Flashman fan .This is pretty good

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Great writing, great narration; laugh out loud moments abound. Historical detail as ever with GMF is spot on - according to conventional knowledge both past and present. Indeed there is more than just a hint of Flashy's acknowledgement of the rise current political correctness and re-appraised views.
😄A great listen for those without a closed mind. Mick the Hick😄

Brilliant! Informs, educates and entertains.

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Another excellent historical tale.thoroughly researched by GMF. Colin Mace reads it well if not up to the standard of Timothy West, he lets himself down with too many mispronunciations. His rendition of John Charity Spring’s Latin phrases is execrable that you can be forgiven for that. More surprising was his pronunciation of relatively ordinary words, such as derring-do and brummagem. Also, it took some time to get used to his use of the name, Beauchamp Millwood Comber being pronounced quite differently from the pronunciation in Flashman, and the angel of the Lord. Did neither Colin, nor his sub editor listen to that?

Another great Flashman yarn

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