Kingsley Amis noted, “Whether Flashman goes a-rogering in Timbuktu or flees headlong down the Amazon pursued by native tribesmen with poisoned darts, I will follow him in the confident expectation of being uninterruptedly entertained. The Flashman novels follow him through the high points in British history: the Afghan rebellion of 1842, the rise of Bismarck, subterfuge in Borneo and Madagascar, the first Sikh War, the Crimean War, the Indian Mutiny, and the Teiping Rebellion, plus a few years in America escaping his creditors and his wife. He is also hilariously amusing and disturbingly charming. Flashman is a total cad, a coward, a cardsharp, a spendthrift, a drunk. Harry Flashman is expelled from Rugby and decides to join the British Army- to the making of his reputation.

Octavo, original paper-covered boards, original dust jackets.Ĭomplete set of first editions of the 12 novels in Fraser’s popular Flashman series, with the first novel, 1969’s Flashman, inscribed by the author on the title page: “To Jerry, all good wishes, George M.

London: Herbert Jenkins/Collins/Collins Harvill/Harvill Harper Collins/Harper Collins, (1969-2005). FLASHMANS TO THE RESCUE! FIRST EDITIONS OF ALL 12 FLASHMAN NOVELS, WITH FLASHMAN INSCRIBED BY GEORGE MACDONALD FRASERįRASER, George MacDonald.

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