Flashman in the Great Game: From the Flashman Papers 1856-1858 [Lingua Inglese]: A Novel - Brossura

Fraser, George MacDonald

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ISBN 10: 0452263034 ISBN 13: 9780452263031

Casa editrice: Penguin Publishing Group, 1989

Riassunto

Snatched by Lord Palmerston from the pleasures of Balmoral Castle and ordered to India, Harry Flashman rollicks and randies from revolt to massacre to siege to ordeals of the chamber, surrounded by the great Indian Mutiny of 1857.

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Praise for the Flashman series
“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
 
“Raises dastardliness to the level of an art... One of the most amusing and sardonic novels I have ever read!”—Omaha World
 
“As irreverent and picaresque as Tom Jones and always more dramatic... Flashman is a one-man demolition squad!”—Chicago Today
 
“Marvelously entertaining... A delight!”—Providence Journal

L'autore:

George MacDonald Fraser was a bestselling historical novelist, journalist and screenwriter. He is perhaps most famous for his series of Flashman novels, featuring his antihero Harry Flashman. In addition to his novels, he wrote numerous screenplays, most notably The Three Musketeers and the James Bond film Octopussy. George MacDonald Fraser died in 2008 at the age of 82.

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• Editore: Penguin Publishing Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0452263034
• ISBN 13: 9780452263031
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 336