Flashman at the Charge

FLASHMAN: NERVOUS FLATULENCE UNDER FIRE “Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon behind them Volleyed and thundered; Stormed at with shot and shell, While horse and hero fell. They that had fought so well Came through the jaws of Death, Back from the mouth of hell, All that was left of them,......more

George MacDonald Fraser’s agent believed Flashman at the Charge to be the best of the Flashman novels, and it’s an awfully good selection. This fourth Flashman book has it all: gripping suspense, hilarious (and raunchy) humor, and well-researched historical elements that make the story as informativ......more

Outstanding retelling of the Crimean War as seen through the eyes of the incomparable Flashman. Was totally unfamiliar with this chunk of British/Russian history, other than a vague awareness of Tennyson's poem, but now I have at least a layman's understanding of the Charge of the Light Brigade (as......more

Flashman at the Charge is the fourth entry in George Macdonald Fraser's Flashman series, detailing the dastardly Harry Flashman's adventures in the Crimean War and beyond. Flashman is thrilled when he's appointed an aide to Lord Raglan in lieu of a combat role, but finds himself in the front lines a......more

It was PG Wodehouse who likened his first reading of Flashman to Keats' experience of reading Homer in Chapman's translation, although I can safely say that Flashy is unlikely to ever hold his silence, even on a peak in Darien - he'd be looking for a likely woman or an escape route. The whole point......more