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Flashman at the Charge (Flashman 07) [Paperback]

George MacDonald Fraser
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  • Paperback: 336 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins; New Ed edition (6 Feb 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0007217188
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007217182
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 9,422 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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'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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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, V.C., returns to play his (reluctant) part in the charge of the Light Brigade in this 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.


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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Tally-ho (again)! 22 Feb 2007
By Didier TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Paperback
The standard of the entire Flashman-series is incredibly high, but this must surely be one of the best installments. As usual Flashman is - however unwillingly - in the thick of legendary military actions, and doesn't shrink from helping us to his opinion of well-known historical figures such as Raglan ('the old fool'), Cardigan ('lecherous villain') and a score of others.

This is superb entertainment for anyone even remotely interested in history, and if you fail to appreciate the politically (very) incorrect humour well damn your eyes! ;-)
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By Arty
Format:Paperback
I confess to having read all of the Flashman books. They are all brilliant, some slightly more so than others. This (in my opinion) is one of his best tales. The feeling that you are with Flashy all the way is sometimes palpable, especially during the build up to the Charge of the Light Brigade. I felt as if I was there, hearing the creak of saddles and the jingle of harnesses, in the moments before the charge. The writing is at times very fine indeed: undoubtedly people will be reading these books in a 100 years time. They are classics and they are hilariously funny.
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Simply Class 14 Mar 2006
Format:Paperback
Flashman is somehow likeable despite being a complete cad and coward. To understand this is to somehow understand why these books are so incredibly enjoying and enthralling as we watch him stumble blindly from one real-life military disaster to another. This episode though is head and shoulders abover the rest for sheer vigour as he is sent spiralling across Russia from the mouth of the valley of death.

I thoroughly recommend this book to all and sundry.

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Another worthy entry in the Flashman series
This is either the fourth or the seventh Flashman book, depending on whether you choose to count them in order they were written or the period they cover. Read more
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A wonderful read and full of meticulous reviews of events that actually took place combined with a story that enthralls as a novel only can.
Published on 29 Mar 2009 by Mr. N. B. Hodson
Another superb Flashman adventure...
Another superb Flashman adventure sees our anti-hero reluctantly sent to the Crimea and thrown into the Charge of the Light Brigade and other key moments of that war. Read more
Published on 4 Feb 2009 by Oldevers
If its Tuesday, it must be Balaclava
Its beginning to look like the superbly structured Flash for Freedom!, this book's immediate predecessor, was the high point of the series. Read more
Published on 7 Jun 2008 by C. Young
Incredible!
Im currently on my 7th Flashman book but anytime i think of my favourite(As almost impossible a question that may be) i inevitable come back to this episode. Read more
Published on 25 Mar 2008 by Chris P. Coffey
Probably the cleverest of all the flashy's
Flashman at the charge is one of the late George McDonald Fraser's greatest works. The plot, with Flashman being disgraced in London, ending up in the Crimea where he charges with... Read more
Published on 25 Jan 2008 by Peter Symonds
Probably the best Flashman book!
I was looking at the Flashman books on my shelf and trying to decide which one was my favourite. Whilst Redskins and the Great Game are very enjoyable, the Charge is probably my... Read more
Published on 16 Aug 2007 by Peter
One of Sir Harry's best
I love the Flashman series, and like the other reviewers this is one of my favourites along with "The Great Game" and "The Redskins". Read more
Published on 17 April 2007 by M. B. Edwards
Read it!
I love the George MacDonald Fraser Flashman series and this is my favourite one - the Great Game being second. Read more
Published on 21 Oct 2006 by Chubs
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