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List Price: £17.99Price: £7.97 You Save: £10.02 (56%)as of 29/07/2010 07:12 BST
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780007197392
Edition: First Edition, First Impression
ISBN: 000719739X
Label: HarperCollins
Manufacturer: HarperCollins
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: April 04, 2005
Publisher: HarperCollins
Studio: HarperCollins
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Editorial Review:
Barry Forshaw:
There are certain authors whose very names are an absolute guarantee of quality, and George Macdonald Fraser has long been one of those. His Flashman books are much loved, and the exploits of his engaging rogue have been delighted readers for years. But is Flashman on the March up to the customary Fraser standard? After all, the number of Flashman books is now legion, and even the author's most dedicated admirers would admit that some Flashman outings (while diverting enough) have lacked the freshness of the early books. It's good to report, therefore, that Flashman on the March is almost vintage Fraser, with all the elements that have won him an ironclad following largely in place. There are, of course, two elements that make these books such fun: the vivid and pungent historical detail (always effortlessly integrated, and never self-consciously laid on as in so many historical novels, serious or otherwise); the author's refusal to be politically correct (the Flashman books have always played fast and loose with the accepted views of morality and society, and their bawdy, amoral charms are refreshing in an age in which such things are looked at askance -- even if Fraser, like Frederick Forsyth, is far better encountered in his entertaining books rather than in his more splenetic role as pundit).
Here, that least heroic possessor of a Victoria Cross, Sir Harry Flashman, finds himself catapulted into a highly dangerous assignment in Abyssinia: he is to rescue British prisoners from a demented emperor. Abyssinia (as seen through Fraser's highly colourful imagination) is a land of lethal seductresses, terrifying warriors and a jawdropping female monarch whose idea of what she should feed her lions is… unorthodox. It's up to Flashman (as so often before) to triumph over insuperable odds by the most unlikely methods. Needless to say, untrammelled sexual activity is firmly on the menu. If you're a George Macdonald Fraser fan, or a Flashman fan, what are you waiting for? --Barry Forshaw
Average Rating: 
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This, the twelfth and final instalment of the long running and much loved series of historical novels, is as well researched as ever, and is as much an enjoyable history lesson as an adventure tale.
The original "Flashman" novel features the anti-hero Harry Flashman, based on the "Tom Brown's Schooldays" bully, a well aimed ironic body blow at the mores and morals of the Victorian age. In this first book Flashman is a purely self serving coward, a rapist, a toady and a casual racist. ... Read More
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A fan of Flashman for many years, I'd not even realised that 'On the March' existed. I'd tired of the last couple as being a little drawn-out and too full of historical (though valuable) detail. Flashman on the March proved to be a return to the Flashman of old with the bluff and style of the first few in the Flashman series. The language and pillow action was a little raunchier (a reflection of the age perhaps) and the detail fascinating. What a shame there will be no more. I loved this book; ... Read More
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Once again one has to admire the amount of research that has gone into 'Flashman on the march' and GMF's flowing writing style. However, having read three of the Flashman series some years ago (and perhaps because of it) I found GMF's last work predictable and repetitive. While the earlier books appeared fresh and innovative, by the time GMF came to write his last book I think he had well and truely mined this literary seam to exhaustion. This is not to take away from what is an excellent, entertaining ... Read More
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Barring a miracle find which is almost assuredly not going to happen, this is the final novel from the great George Macdonald Fraser, who died in 2008. Happily it fits right in with the rest of the canon, and his writing is as eloquent and charming as it ever was. Flashy's adventure in Abyssinia is as thrilling as any, and if we would have rather seen his Civil War exploits, well, it was not to be. All the books in this series are great, and FLASHMAN ON THE MARCH doesn't disappoint. I've read the series three ... Read More
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The book is quite interesting, the campaign a bit of a footnote. The crying shame is that this could and should have been the long awaited American Civil War novel. Instead of Flashy in the mountains of Africa we could have had Flashy at Gettysburg etc and find out how he becomes an officer in both armies (perhaps at the same time?). We will never get that now unless some fan does the job and I for one feel somewhat cheated.
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