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In Volume II of the Flashman Papers, Flashman knots with femme fatale Lola Montez and the dastardly Otto Von Bismarck in a battle of wits that'll determine the future of the country. Did Flashman's activities in the Duchy of Strackenz supply the motivation for The Prisoner of Zenda? The parallels are undoubtedly there as Flash Harry becomes involved in a determined sequence of destinations, disguises, amours and (when necessary) hand-to-hand fights within an epic journey that takes him from the gambling-places of London towards the dungeons and throne-rooms of Europe. And for once Flashman's skills for treachery and deceit are matched by those of Otto von Bismarck and the gorgeous but dangerous Lola Montez.