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Flash for Freedom!

By: George MacDonald Fraser, John Nicholl
Narrated by: Rupert Penry-Jones
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A game of cards leads Flashman from the jungle death-house of Dahomey to the slave state of Mississippi as he dabbles in the slave trade in Volume III of the Flashman Papers.

When Flashman was inveigled into a game of pontoon with Disraeli and Lord George Bentinck, he was making an unconscious choice about his own future – would it lie in the House of Commons or the West African slave trade? Was there, for that matter, very much difference?

Once again Flashman’s charm, cowardice, treachery, lechery and fleetness of foot see the lovable rogue triumph by the skin of his chattering teeth.

 Action & Adventure Historical Literature & Fiction Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Game

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
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Would you consider the audio edition of Flash for Freedom! to be better than the print version?

Never read it

What did you like best about this story?

What a fab cad!

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Loved the book, great fun, great characters.

Loved it, so un-pc

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I have loved the Fashion books for many years, so it's pretty certain I'd love the audiobook. And I did - wonderfully read.

This, like all the Fashion stories, is a brilliant story. The history is accurate, Flashman is a brilliant anti-hero, and the escapades he lands himself in - usually on account of chasing a woman - are just fabulous.

A real ribald romp of a book - brilliant!

Hoorah for Flashy!

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Enjoyed the story and the adventures Flash gets drawn into. He is someone you love and hate in equal amounts

Superb

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love the book hate the Flashman 15 words words 15 words 15 words words 15 word

Briliant

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Penry-Jones has captured the utterly debauched Harry Flashman. It's a superb performance - he captures a wide range of bizarre characters and the irony of the increasingly difficult situations in which Harry Flashman finds himself.

All of the Flashman novels are excellent, and this is one of the better ones: I love the way that Fraser manages to find humour in the most difficult subjects: In this case the African slave-trade. Often books about this subject become mawkish or lecturing. This book is neither - it does not shy away from the horrors of slavery nor descend into any kind of self-pity.

Another excellent Flashman novel

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