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Author : Robert Brightwell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781370114061
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)
Download or read book Flashman's Waterloo written by Robert Brightwell and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Brightwell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781786973801
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (738 download)
Download or read book Flashman's Waterloo written by Robert Brightwell and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-03 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sixth packet of memoirs from the notorious Georgian rogue Thomas Flashman covers the extraordinary events that culminated in a battle just south of Brussels, near a place called Waterloo. The first six months of 1815 were a pivotal time in European history. As a result, countless books have been written by men who were there and by those who studied it afterwards. But despite this wealth of material there are still many unanswered questions including: - Why did the man who promised to bring Napoleon back in an iron cage, instead join his old commander? - Why was Wellington so convinced that the French would not attack when they did? - Why was the French emperor ill during the height of the battle, leaving its management to the hot-headed Marshal Ney? - What possessed Ney to launch a huge and disastrous cavalry charge in the middle of the battle? - Why did the British Head of Intelligence always walk with a limp after the conflict? The answer to all these questions in full or in part can be summed up in one word: Flashman. This extraordinary tale is aligned with other historical accounts of the Waterloo campaign and reveals how Flashman's attempt to embrace the quiet diplomatic life backfires spectacularly. The memoir provides a unique insight into how Napoleon returned to power, the treachery and intrigues around his hundred day rule and how ultimately he was robbed of victory. It includes the return of old friends and enemies from both sides of the conflict and is a fitting climax to Thomas Flashman's Napoleonic adventures
Author : George MacDonald Fraser
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0307425924
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Flashman on the March written by George MacDonald Fraser and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s 1868 and Sir Harry Flashman, V.C., arch-cad, amorist, cold-headed soldier, and reluctant hero, is back! Fleeing a chain of vengeful pursuers that includes Mexican bandits, the French Foreign Legion, and the relatives of an infatuated Austrian beauty, Flashy is desperate for somewhere to take cover. So desperate, in fact, that he embarks on a perilous secret intelligence-gathering mission to help free a group of Britons being held captive by a tyrannical Abyssinian king. Along the way, of course, are nightmare castles, brigands, massacres, rebellions, orgies, and the loveliest and most lethal women in Africa, all of which will test the limits of the great bounder’s talents for knavery, amorous intrigue, and survival. Flashman on the March—the twelfth book in George MacDonald Fraser’s ever-beloved, always scandalous Flashman Papers series--is Flashman and Fraser at their best.
Author : Charles J. Esdaile
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1526740796
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)
Download or read book Walking Waterloo written by Charles J. Esdaile and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2019-06-30 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tour the Belgian battleground where Napoleon was defeated—with historical background, maps, archival images, and more. In this book, the acclaimed author of Napoleon’s Wars provides a new guide to the Battle of Waterloo that presents the experience of the soldiers who took part in the battle in the most graphic and direct way possible—through their own words. In a series of walks, he describes in vivid detail what happened in each location on June 18, 1815 and quotes at length from eyewitness accounts of the men who were there. Each phase of the action during that momentous day is covered, from the initial French attacks and the intense fighting at Hougoumont and La Haye Sainte to the charges of the French cavalry against the British squares and the final, doomed attack of Napoleon’s Imperial Guard. This innovative guide to this historic site is fully illustrated with a selection of archive images from the War Heritage Institute in Brussels, modern color photographs of the battlefield as it appears today, and specially commissioned maps that allow those who visit in person to follow the course of the battle on the ground.
Author : George MacDonald Fraser
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101633867
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Flashman's Lady written by George MacDonald Fraser and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is Flashy doing? -in the drawing room of a great English mansion with the redhot-blooded mistress of a violently jealous blue-blood? -in between a pair of Chinese beauties who are willing to do anything and everything to close the gap between East and West? -in the hold of a warship under fire, with a Malay maiden as explosive as the shells bursting above? -in the forced service of an African queen who lets a lover stay alive only as long as his power to please holds up? This unblushing cad, this lustful libertine, this infamous and irresistible antihero is clearing doing better than ever—in a round-the-world adventure that would make Queen Victoria pale with shock and swingers of today green with envy.
Author : George MacDonald Fraser
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780452259614
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (596 download)
Download or read book Flashman written by George MacDonald Fraser and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1984-08-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "If ever there was a time when I felt that 'watcher-of-the-skies-when-a-new-planet' stuff, it was when I read the first Flashman."–P.G. Wodehouse The first novel in the Flashman series Fraser revives Flashman, a caddish bully from Tom Brown's Schooldays by Thomas Hughes, and relates Flashman’s adventures after he is expelled in drunken disgrace from Rugby school in the late 1830s. Flashy enlists in the Eleventh Light Dragoons and is promptly sent to India and Afghanistan, where despite his consistently cowardly behavior he always manages to come out on top. Flashman is an incorrigible anti-hero for the ages. This humorous adventure book will appeal to fans of historical fiction, military fiction, and British history as well as to fans of Clive Cussler, James Bond, and The Three Musketeers.
Author : George MacDonald Fraser
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0307592685
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (75 download)
Download or read book Flashman, Flash for Freedom!, Flashman in the Great Game written by George MacDonald Fraser and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2010-02-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three of George MacDonald Fraser’s incomparable and hilarious novels featuring the lovable rogue, soldier, cheat, and coward: Harry Paget Flashman. Praised by everyone from John Updike to Jane Smiley, Fraser was an acknowledged master of comedy and satire, an unrivaled storyteller, whose craft was matched only by his impeccable historical research. And his greatest creation was, of course, Flashman. The novels collected here find our hero in the midst of his usual swashbuckling adventures of derring-do: fleeing adversaries in the First Anglo-Afghan War; meeting and nearly deceiving a young Abraham Lincoln in America; alternately impersonating a native Indian cavalry recruit and wooing women in India; and managing, whatever the circumstances, to keep his hero’s reputation unsullied. A must-have treat for the legions of dedicated Flashman fans, and a delightful introduction for those lucky enough to be encountering him for the first time.
Author : Robert Brightwell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781803021867
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (218 download)
Download or read book Flashman's Winter written by Robert Brightwell and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book fills in two gaps in Flashman's career, hitherto uncovered by his memoirs. The bulk of this volume is taken up with Flashman's adventures in what was then Prussia, but which now comprises Poland, Russia and the Baltic states. In 1806 Prussia declared war on France and in a disastrous campaign lost most of its territory. Russia was forced to come to its aid and Britain too sent observers to assess how to help. Flashman joins this mission in what should have been a safe diplomatic visit - but of course was anything but. From bloody, frozen retreats to battles in blizzards, he is soon in the thick of the action as a country fights for its very survival. Diplomatic intrigues follow and, with the aid of a Russian countess, our hero uncovers the enemy's plans - and works to frustrate them. Also included is the short story Flashman's Christmas, set in Paris a few months after the battle of Waterloo. As royalists conduct vindictive purges on former Bonapartists, Flashman is embroiled in a notorious eve of execution jail-break as he is reunited with old friends to outwit old enemies.
Author : George MacDonald Fraser
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101633808
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Flashman and the Angel of the Lord written by George MacDonald Fraser and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-07-02 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A jolly read.”—The Wall Street Journal The tenth installment in The Flashman Papers finds Captain Harry Flashman of Her Majesty's Secret Service in the antebellum South, where the irrepressible, globe-trotting Victorian becomes the target of blackmailing beauties. Evading danger, bedding women, and profiting from every opportunity, Flashman once again weasels his way into history, this time in John Brown’s raid of Harper’s Ferry, just before the Civil War. As a result of Flashy’s letching, lying, cheating, and stealing on land, on sea, and on the rails, not only did John Brown become a martyr, Lincoln became president, and the nation plunged into a bloodbath.
Author : Robert Brightwell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781781763636
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (636 download)
Download or read book Flashman and the Seawolf written by Robert Brightwell and published by . This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The adventures of Major Thomas Flashman, the uncle of Harry Flashman, the fictitious Victorian rogue made famous by author George MacDonald Fraser. This first installment focuses on Flashman's adventures with naval commander Thomas Cochrane.
Author : Robert Brightwell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781782990055
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Flashman and the Cobra written by Robert Brightwell and published by . This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The adventures of Major Thomas Flashman, the uncle of Harry Flashman, the fictitious Victorian rogue made famous by author George MacDonald Fraser. In this second installment, Flashman travels to India during the second Maratha war after visiting Paris during the Peace of Amiens in 1802.
Author : ROBERT. BRIGHTWELL
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781839450075
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Flashman at the Alamo written by ROBERT. BRIGHTWELL and published by . This book was released on 2019-10 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When other men might be looking forward to a well-earned retirement to enjoy their ill-gotten gains, Flashman finds himself once more facing overwhelming odds and ruthless enemies, while standing (reluctantly) shoulder to shoulder with some of America's greatest heroes. A trip abroad to avoid a scandal at home leaves him bored and restless. They say 'the devil makes work for idle hands' and Lucifer surpassed himself this time as Thomas is persuaded to visit the newly independent country of Texas. Little does he realise that this fledgling state is about to face its biggest challenge - one that will threaten its very existence. Flashman joins the desperate fight of a new nation against a pitiless tyrant, who gives no quarter to those who stand against him. Drunkards, hunters, farmers, lawyers, adventurers and one English coward all come together to fight and win their liberty.
Author : George MacDonald Fraser
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101633840
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Flashman at the Charge written by George MacDonald Fraser and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-04-09 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Hilariously funny.”—The New York Times Book Review “Great dirty fun!”—Grand Rapids Press “The most entertaining anti-hero in a long time… Moves from one ribald and deliciously corrupt episode to the next… Wonderful and scandalous.”—Publishers Weekly The fourth volume of memoirs in which Harry Flashman confronts destiny with Lord Cardigan and the Light Brigade. Part of the Flashman series, comprising Flashman, Royal Flash, and Flash for Freedom, among others, which explores the successful though scandalous later career of the bully in Tom Brown's School Days.
Author : George MacDonald Fraser
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101633824
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Flashman and the Mountain of Light written by George MacDonald Fraser and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-06-18 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ninth volume of The Flashman Papers finds that history’s most unheroic hero, Sir Harry Flashman, is back in India, where his saga began. This time, our hero is sent by Her Majesty's Secret Service to spy on the corrupt court of Lahore, on India's Northwest Frontier. Flashy deals with a ravishing maharini and her equally sex-hungry maid, joins forces with an American adventurer with royal ambitions, and attempts to win the brightest jewel in England’s imperial crown at the cost of something he will never miss—namely, his honor.
Author : Thomas Hughes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Tom Brown's School Days written by Thomas Hughes and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George MacDonald Fraser
Publisher : Everyman's Library
ISBN 13 : 0307592685
Total Pages : 922 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (75 download)
Download or read book Flashman, Flash for Freedom!, Flashman in the Great Game written by George MacDonald Fraser and published by Everyman's Library. This book was released on 2010-02-02 with total page 922 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three of George MacDonald Fraser’s incomparable and hilarious novels featuring the lovable rogue, soldier, cheat, and coward: Harry Paget Flashman. Praised by everyone from John Updike to Jane Smiley, Fraser was an acknowledged master of comedy and satire, an unrivaled storyteller, whose craft was matched only by his impeccable historical research. And his greatest creation was, of course, Flashman. The novels collected here find our hero in the midst of his usual swashbuckling adventures of derring-do: fleeing adversaries in the First Anglo-Afghan War; meeting and nearly deceiving a young Abraham Lincoln in America; alternately impersonating a native Indian cavalry recruit and wooing women in India; and managing, whatever the circumstances, to keep his hero’s reputation unsullied. A must-have treat for the legions of dedicated Flashman fans, and a delightful introduction for those lucky enough to be encountering him for the first time.
Author : George MacDonald Fraser
Publisher : Kuebler Verlag GmbH
ISBN 13 : 3942270927
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (422 download)
Download or read book Royal Flash: Flashman in Deutschland written by George MacDonald Fraser and published by Kuebler Verlag GmbH. This book was released on 2011 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wäre Lola Montez nicht gewesen, hätte Harry Flashman Bismarck nicht kennengelernt - und Schleswig-Holstein wäre heute eine dänische Provinz. Aussicht auf Profit und Abenteuerlust locken ihn aus Londoner Spielsälen nach Deutschland. Eine dramatische Folge von Fluchtversuchen, Verkleidungen und Amouren treiben ihn durch Deutschland, wo er schliesslich in die Wirren der 48er Revolution in München gerät. Flashman beweist hier von neuem seinen überlegenen Umgang mit Staatsmännern vom Kaliber Bismarcks, mit Kurtisanen, Duellanten, Kammerzofen und Damen der Gesellschaft. George MacDonald Fraser wurde vor allem berühmt durch die Serie historischer Romane, den Flashman Manuskripten, deren 11 Bände von 1969 bis 2005 erschienen. Dabei handelt es sich um die fiktiven Memoiren von Sir Harry Flashman, einem hoch dekorierten britischen Offizier im Ruhestand, der auf seine Abenteuer zwischen 1840 und 1890 zurückblickt, die ihn unter anderem mit Bismarck, General Custer, Lola Montez und vielen anderen zusammengeführt hatte. Geboren wurde Fraser 1925, wurde Soldat und kämpfte in Burma. Danach wurde er Journalist, später Schriftsteller und Drehbuchautor (unter anderen "Die drei Musketiere" und den James-Bond-Film "Octopussy") in Grossbritannien und Kanada. Er starb 2008.
