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Flashman and the Dragon

Flashman, Book 10

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Flashman and the Dragon

By: George MacDonald Fraser, Kati Nicholl (abridged by)
Narrated by: Toby Stephens
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Harry Flashman: the unrepentant bully of Tom Brown’s schooldays, now with a Victoria Cross, has three main talents – horsemanship, facility with foreign languages and fornication. A reluctant military hero, Flashman plays a key part in most of the defining military campaigns of the 19th century, despite trying his utmost to escape them all.

‘When all other trusts fail, turn to Flashman’ Abraham Lincoln

In China in 1860, a lot of people mistakenly put their trust in Flashman: the English vicar’s daughter with her cargo of opium; Lord Elgin in search of an intelligence chief; the Emperor’s ravishing concubine, seeking a champion in her struggles for power; and Szu-Zhan, the female bandit colossus, as practised in the arts of love as in the arts of war.

They were not to know that behind his Victoria Cross, Harry Flashman was a base coward and a charlatan. They took him at face value. And he took them, for all he could, while China seethed through the bloodiest civil war in history and the British and French armies hacked their way to the heart of the Forbidden City…

©2012 George MacDonald Fraser (P)2012 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Action & Adventure Historical Literature & Fiction Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Thriller & Suspense War Fiction Military China

Critic Reviews

'The Flashman Papers do what all great sagas do – winning new admirers along the way but never, ever betraying old ones. It is an immense achievement.' Sunday Telegraph

‘Not so much a march as a full-blooded charge, fortified by the usual lashings of salty sex, meticulously choreographed battle scenes and hilariously spineless acts of self preservation by Flashman.’ Sunday Times

‘Not only are the Flashman books extremely funny, but they give meticulous care to authenticity. You can, between the guffaws, learn from them.’ Washington Post

‘A first-rate historical novelist’ Kingsley Amis
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Great narrator but you just can't abridge Flashman, i feel like much was lost.

It's good, but it's an abridged Flashman...

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Another wonderful tale of adventure and close calls. Well told keeping my mind picturing the scenery and places.

The adventures continue for Flashy

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Abridged versions are a travesty.. Make all the flashman papers available in there full form!!

Get all the flashman titles!! Unabridged

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In my humble opinion, the narrator, while ok overall, wasn't suited to Flashman's voice.

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