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The Flashman Papers: The Complete 12-Book Collection
George MacDonald Fraser
George MacDonald Fraser’s uproarious bestselling Flashman series, now available in one complete ebook for the first time.THE COMPLETE FLASHMAN PAPERS is the entire collection of Flashman’s perilous missions across the world. Spanning from 1839 right through to 1894 the incorrigible Flashman fears all evil and when it comes to voluptuous queens and princesses he has be known to waver from his mission. Filled to the gunnels with escapades of unwavering excitement THE COMPLETE FLASHMAN PAPERS will quench even the most ravenous appetite for Flashman.
THE COMPLETE FLASHMAN PAPERS
FLASHMAN ROYAL FLASH FLASHMAN’S LADY FLASHMAN & THE MOUNTAIN OF LIGHT FLASH FOR FREEDOM! FLASHMAN & THE REDSKINS FLASHMAN AT THE CHARGE FLASHMAN IN THE GREAT GAME FLASHMAN AND THE ANGEL OF THE LORD FLASHMAN & THE DRAGON FLASHMAN ON THE MARCH FLASHMAN & THE TIGER
GEORGE MACDONALD FRASER
Copyright (#ulink_07bf9faa-366d-585d-99e5-556cb5b72cb4)
These novels are entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in them are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd. 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF
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Flashman first published in Great Britain by Herbert Jenkins Ltd 1969
Royal Flash first published in Great Britain by Barrie & Jenkins Ltd 1970
Flashman’s Lady first published in Great Britain by Barrie & Jenkins Ltd 1977
Flashman and the Mountain of Light first published in Great Britain by Harvill 1990
Flash for Freedom! first published in Great Britain by Barrie & Jenkins Ltd 1971
Flashman and the Redskins first published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 1982
Flashman at the Charge first published in Great Britain by Barrie & Jenkins Ltd 1973
Flashman in the Great Game first published in Great Britain by Barrie & Jenkins Ltd 1975
Flashman and the Angel of the Lord first published in Great Britain by Harvill 1994
Flashman and the Dragon first published in Great Britain by Collins Harvill 1985
Flashman on the March first published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2005
Flashman and the Tiger first published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 1999
Copyright © George MacDonald Fraser 1969, 1970, 1977, 1990, 1971, 1982, 1973, 1975, 1994, 1985, 2005, 1999
George MacDonald Fraser asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of these works
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
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Ebook Edition © NOVEMBER 2013 ISBN: 9780007532513
Version: 2017-11-06
Contents
Cover (#u5f5b14b4-b944-55f4-a5cc-c899269ebecb)
Title Page (#u3b1067e5-90af-51c9-a95d-8fa870e330a1)
Copyright (#u57358ad0-e7cc-543f-aa85-292947c1eea2)
Map (#u2fd6843a-ed35-5038-8615-59ac202a4946)
Flashman (#u4ed6a2a2-808a-56a7-be09-d7a31901c860)
Royal Flash (#ue0e153f4-37c1-58df-b8fb-7aa2e55fc415)
Flashman’s Lady (#u420f6598-528c-5d94-b450-5d2361957b64)
Flashman & the Mountain of Light (#u5dfd0288-4a17-51f2-b78b-57ed89e46ed3)
Flash for Freedom! (#u760541b0-7dec-54cf-ab5f-5fdffb3b5586)
Flashman & the Redskins (#u19852673-0b37-5181-a267-93ad743d44e5)
Flashman at the Charge (#u0990247f-6d10-5c49-87ca-5f190439e7f5)
Flashman in the Great Game (#u543ab75d-bfbe-587c-a346-ba3d5250d61f)
Flashman & the Angel of the Lord (#u67ebd594-c941-5108-aca3-00f8081c9328)
Flashman & the Dragon (#u1a0bce48-27bc-5dda-9fc8-1febf6c5733b)
Flashman on the March (#u1fdcb53a-7ad9-5144-a7eb-542b7d7e8ca7)
Flashman & the Tiger (#u393e060e-840f-5e4d-bb97-c5059d9c90c0)
Keep Reading (#u6f65cdb5-c082-5049-b0df-6833d2fcfa98)
About the Author (#u606f74b9-d206-53e1-8084-9d838a8cfdcd)
Also by George MacDonald Fraser (#uaa5dbe60-c496-555a-aec3-988707750172)
About the Publisher (#u3f342619-1228-5103-89c6-fd5affdc422c)
Map (#ulink_a086f6c7-7649-57ef-9062-bcc4c40a8b01)
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FLASHMAN
From The Flashman Papers, 1839–42
Edited and Arranged by
GEORGE MACDONALD FRASER
Copyright (#ulink_8ef21b5c-7bf3-5d8a-99a7-bbb96fe0e930)
This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters, and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd. 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF
www.harpercollins.co.uk (http://www.harpercollins.co.uk)
First published in Great Britain by Herbert Jenkins Ltd 1969
Copyright © George MacDonald Fraser 1969
George MacDonald Fraser asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work
A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
HarperCollinsPublishers has made every reasonable effort to ensure that any picture content and written content in this ebook has been included or removed in accordance with the contractual and technological constraints in operation at the time of publication.
Source ISBN: 9780006511250
Ebook Edition © DECEMBER 2011 ISBN: 9780007325689
Version: 2017-11-06
Dedication (#ulink_94f42658-e294-580a-b4a1-c567027fa0df)
FOR KATH
Contents
Cover (#u4ed6a2a2-808a-56a7-be09-d7a31901c860)
Title Page (#uc518d114-1c4d-527f-97ac-591eab8fd84e)
Copyright (#ulink_250a06b5-faf7-53a2-850d-25d6eec1dc69)
Dedication (#ulink_9c5c2801-69d8-5bb8-8b9f-7d6c5634bc25)
Explanatory Note (#udff292db-603f-54ce-b168-a7a1a09ec145)
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Chapter 1 (#u6bbd181e-950d-5a7d-a009-380171bfff74)
Chapter 2 (#u78b4488b-0c7e-57b9-90aa-f382e6125a59)
Chapter 3 (#uedb3ca10-4489-53f4-a1b1-5fbb0f0ca52c)
Chapter 4 (#u5f62c1dc-bb2d-5fcd-8c73-3658dc9d08ca)
Chapter 5 (#ud2880299-5f27-5d26-a92d-5084ea4226fd)
Chapter 6 (#u7e93be46-6983-5b8e-acd3-1da5afb5059e)
Chapter 7 (#ua5662e1d-3bd6-5e58-b3f5-747e4390d969)
Chapter 8 (#u392af5b2-af91-5a62-98b8-1774ee136e55)
Chapter 9 (#u49f31b07-7689-5d00-a54c-dbfbec0faa31)
Chapter 10 (#ueac8e98d-d551-5b1f-ae57-de6af558914a)
Chapter 11 (#u6b01e378-4c27-53d7-b498-a489ce6863b8)
Chapter 12 (#u38588e60-1807-5fac-bfaa-aeff6f81bbe5)
Chapter 13 (#ua8ba393f-8f05-52f5-876c-2361d015eeee)
Glossary (#u5ddf979b-b78e-5fc9-bdd1-20dffefc9fa8)
Notes (#u3eb8934c-c6d7-5070-ba15-d3c99779db4a)
Explanatory Note (#ulink_2ca730a9-5314-5f75-8d1b-084a1dde1318)
The great mass of manuscript known as the Flashman Papers was discovered during a sale of household furniture at Ashby, Leicestershire, in 1965. The papers were subsequently claimed by Mr Paget Morrison, of Durban, South Africa, the nearest known living relative of their author.
A point of major literary interest about the papers is that they clearly identify Flashman, the school bully of Thomas Hughes’ Tom Broun’s Schooldays, with the celebrated Victorian soldier of the same name. The papers are, in fact, Harry Flashman’s personal memoirs from the day of his expulsion from Rugby School in the late 1830s to the early years of the present century. He appears to have written them some time between 1900 and 1905, when he must have been over eighty. It is possible that he dictated them.
The papers, which had apparently lain untouched for fifty years, in a tea chest, until they were found in the Ashby saleroom, were carefully wrapped in oilskin covers. From correspondence found in the first packet, it is evident that their original discovery by his relatives in 1915 after the great soldier’s death caused considerable consternation; they seem to have been unanimously against publication of their kinsman’s autobiography – one can readily understand why – and the only wonder is that the manuscript was not destroyed.
Fortunately, it was preserved, and what follows is the content of the first packet, covering Flashman’s early adventures. I have no reason to doubt that it is a completely truthful account; where Flashman touches on historical fact he is almost invariably accurate, and readers can judge whether he is to be believed or not on more personal matters.
Mr Paget Morrison, knowing of my interest in this and related subjects, asked me to edit the papers. Beyond correcting some minor spelling errors, however, there has been no editing to do. Flashman had a better sense of narrative than I have, and I have confined myself to the addition of a few historical notes.
The quotation from Tom Brown’s Schooldays was pasted to the top page of the first packet; it had evidently been cut from the original edition of 1856.
G. M. F.
