- Fiction, Harry Paget Flashman (Fictitious character), British, Soldiers
Shirking the defence of the Indian frontier in the First Sikh War, Flashman opts for secret service in the court of a nymphomaniac Maharani who wears the legendary Koh-i-Noor diamond in her navel.
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Classical in form, resolved, relentless and ironic.
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- contemplativerelentless
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- George MacDonald Fraser
- First published
- 1990
- Pages
- 399
- Publisher
- Distributed by Random House, Collins, ISIS Large Print Bks.
- Editions
- 15
- Language
- Russian, English
- ISBN
- 9780007786251
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George MacDonald Fraser(2 April 1925 – 2 January 2008) was a Scottish author and screenwriter. He is best known for a series of works that featured the character Flashman. Over the course of his career he wrote eleven novels and one short-story collection in the Flashman series of novels, as well as non-fiction, short stories, novels and screenplays—including those for the James Bond film Octopussy and an adaptation of his own novel Royal Flash.
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