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Title: Flashman and the Mountain of Light: From the Flashman Papers, 1845-46 by George MacDonald Fraser ISBN: 0-452-26785-4 Publisher: Plume Pub. Date: April, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: History has never been more enjoyable
Comment: Neither has historical fiction. Harry Flashman is both. By now you are probably joining me in wishing Harry Flashman was here today. I'd vote for him to President.
Rating: 5
Summary: Flashman's fourth, and best so far.
Comment: I read this book as part four of my chronological survey of the life and times of the greatest jewel in the British crown. After greatly enjoying the original Flashman papers and the two following edited packages, I consider this installment the best so far.
Fraser not only gives us the expected portion of ribaldry, but puts our hero in an accurately described historic situation in which some of the players are so spineless that they make Flashy look rather virtuous, by comparison.The result is a well-documented narrative, describing the first series of big battles of the British in the Punjab in which the local powers did not have any scruples about plotting a defeat resulting in thousands of deaths of their own people, just to hold on to power a little longer.
In style, Flashman, who looks rather upstanding through it all, gets none of the credit that he for once deserved. Don't worry, even our weak-boweled toady bastard himself took it rather philosophically.
This book was a great read and I can't wait to devour the next volume in the series.
Rating: 5
Summary: Flashman gets some backbone
Comment: Reading this series in chronological order has been tricky, thanks to Fraser's skipping about history. Still, having already read "Flashman", "Royal Flash", and "Flashman's Lady", I saw a change in the "Mountain of Light": Flashy gets a little backbone.
The book itself focuses on a largely forgotten episode in British India, between the Afghan withdrawal in 1842 and the Great Mutiny in the 1850s. This time, Flashman is called into service just as the 80,000-strong Sikh army, the Khalsa, appears ready to sweep down on the English and drive them out once and for all. Flashman is drawn into behind-the-scenes subterfuge that take him from the Sikh royal court to the middle of bloody battlefields. To say much more would spoil the living history that Fraser's created.
However, I find it interesting to note a change in Flashman's character. The first novel, "Flashman", remains my favorite because the young character flees from every battle, and it is only through luck and chicanery that he rises to his fame. Never fear; Flashman still lies to save his hide and jumps on every woman he can get, but I finished "The Mountain of Light" feeling that Flashy had done a pretty good service--which he will tell you in the book. Maybe this is due to Fraser. While the book is the 4th chronologically, it's Fraser's 10th book about his alter ego. Having known the character for so long, maybe Flashman's done a little growing up.
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Title: Flashman's Lady by George MacDonald Fraser ISBN: 0452264898 Publisher: Plume Pub. Date: April, 1988 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Flashman in the Great Game: From the Flashman Papers 1856-1858 by George MacDonald Fraser ISBN: 0452263034 Publisher: Plume Pub. Date: September, 1989 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Flashman and the Dragon by George MacDonald Fraser ISBN: 0452261910 Publisher: Plume Pub. Date: June, 1995 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Flash for Freedom by George MacDonald Fraser ISBN: 0452260892 Publisher: Plume Pub. Date: March, 1989 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Royal Flash by George MacDonald Fraser ISBN: 0452261120 Publisher: New American Library Pub. Date: March, 1985 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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