Description

Three of George MacDonald Fraser’s unique and amusing books featuring the lovable rogue, gift, cheat, and coward: Harry Paget Flashman.Praised by everybody from John Updike to Jane Smiley, Fraser was an acknowledged master of humor and satire, an unparalleled storyteller, whose art was matched only by his flawless historical study. And his best development was, obviously, Flashman. The books gathered below find our hero in the middle of his typical swashbuckling adventures of derring-do: running opponents in the First Anglo-Afghan War; assembly and almost deceiving a Abraham Lincoln in The Usa; alternatively impersonating a local Indian cavalry sponsor and wooing ladies in Asia; and controlling, regardless of the conditions, to maintain his hero’s status unsullied.A should-have handle for the scores of devoted Flashman followers, and a pleasant introduction for those fortunate enough to be experiencing him for the first time.