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Flashman and the Angel of the Lord

By: George MacDonald Fraser
Narrated by: Colin Mace
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Summary

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.

If only Flashman had got on with his dinner and ignored the handkerchief dropped by a flirtatious hussy in a Calcutta hotel … Well, American history would have been different, a disastrous civil war might have been avoided, and Flashman himself would have been spared one of the most hair-raising adventures of his misspent life.

If only … But, alas, the arch-rotter of the Victorian age could never resist the lure of a pretty foot. This latest extract of the Flashman Papers soon finds Flashman careering towards the little Virginian town of Harper’s Ferry, where John Brown and his gang of rugged fanatics were to fire the first shot in the great war against slavery.

 Action & Adventure Historical Fiction Literature & Fiction Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Crime War American History Law
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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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loved every minute of it, plan on getting them all now that I have heard this one

brilliant

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The way in which GMF weaves Flashy into the great historical events of the 1800s never ceases to amaze me. Changing sides to save his skin, lying, cheating and tumbling every 'lady' he runs into, this is Flashman at his best!

Another great Flashman from GMF!

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Flashman is a globetrotting Victorian woman who uses a vocabulary that often goes beyond the everyday, and the narrator so frequently mispronounces unusual words that it becomes an annoyance and a distraction from Fraser’s rattling good yarns.

It is not difficult to find out how to pronounce words, which is the business that Audible and the narrator are in, and they have fallen short in basic due diligence.

This entire series is marred by mispronunciations

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Even better on audible than when I read the book many years ago. A joy.

Flashman

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The story is good like most of GMF's work. The audio book is let down by the volume of the narration, which varies between to quite to hear to deafeningly loud.

Good story let down by audio production

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