Flashman

Description:

Fraser’s comic novel, written as an autobiographical account, tells the story of Harry Flashman, the bully from Tom Brown’s Schooldays, in his own words. Beginning with his expulsion from Rugby School Flashman goes on to join Lord Cardigan’s Light Dragoons and despite his best efforts to avoid any fighting inadvertently becomes a national hero due to some unlikely exploits in the Anglo-Afghan War.

subjects: Fiction,  British,  Harry Paget Flashman (Fictitious character),  Soldiers,  Afghan Wars,  Flashman, harry paget (fictitious character), fiction,  Fiction, historical,  Fiction, action & adventure,  Great britain, fiction,  Large type books,  Fiction, historical, general,  Historical Fiction,  History,  Great Britain,  Great Britain. Army,  Armed Forces,  Undercover operations,  Officers,  Crimean war, 1853-1856, fiction,  English Historical fiction,  United states, fiction,  Africa, fiction

People: Harry Flashman

Places: Afghanistan,  India

Times: 1839-1842,  19th century