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Royal Flash

The Flashman Papers, Book 2

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Royal Flash

By: George MacDonald Fraser
Narrated by: Colin Mace
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In Volume II of the Flashman Papers, Flashman tangles with femme fatale Lola Montez and the dastardly Otto Von Bismarck in a battle of wits which will decide the destiny of a continent.

In this volume of The Flashman Papers, Flashman, the arch-cad and toady, matches his wits, his talents for deceit and malice, and above all his speed in evasion against the most brilliant European statesman and against the most beauiful and unscrupulous adventuress of the era.

From London gaming-halls and English hunting-fields to European dungeons and throne-rooms, he is involved in a desperate succession of escapes, disguises, amours and (when he cannot avoid them) hand-to-hand combats.

All the while, the destiny of a continent rests on his broad and failing shoulders.

©2015 George MacDonald Fraser (P)2015 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Action & Adventure Classics Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literature & Fiction Urban Comedy

Critic Reviews

"Sparkling one-liners adorn every chapter.... It is the verve of the storytelling, together with the verbal inventiveness, that lingers in the memory." ( Sunday Telegraph)
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Like all Flashman stories this is so entertaining. The plot is implausable but who cares when Flashman is involved. I couldn't stop listening.

A grand story.

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Flashman is an anti-hero par excellence! These novels remind me of boyhood reading adventure with far more moral - but less believable - heroes. A guilty pleasure but a great escape from contemporary times!

A guilty pleasure

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The story of a character so bad doing so well is somehow so much fun.

Popcorn adventure

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historical accuracy was good. good follow on from Tom Browns school days. leaves people wanting the next book.

Victorian drama hero!

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