Angela Burdett-Coutts - Flashman finds an image of her in Brooke's possession, and finds out that Brooke has a crush on her. Flashman remembers her not as fondly - "I'd taken a loving fumble at her myself...but she'd simply stared straight ahead of her and dislocated my thumb. Wasteful little prude."

in the hold of a warship under fire, with a Malay maiden as explosive as the shells bursting above? As a result of drinking inferior champagne after recovering from dysentery, Flashman suffers from flatulence. The noise of his eruptions startles his horse to such an extent it bolts towards the Russian lines, speeding up the British advance. [1] The plot is as you would expect: Elspeth, Flashman’s apparently alluring and less intellectually endowed wife is kidnapped by ‘Don’ Solomon, a brigand, who lures her first into South East Asia, and then to Madagascar with Flashy and some notable historical cameos (James Brooke) pursue her doggedly. He is survived by his wife Kathleen Hetherington whom he married in 1949, their two sons and one daughter.

Crampton, Robert (2 July 2022). "Rereading Flashman by George MacDonald Fraser". The Times . Retrieved 12 August 2022. William Gordon-Cumming - Central figure in the scandal. His similarities with Flashman are not lost on the latter, who eyes him with some jealousy as a younger version (and more authentic military hero) of himself. urn:oclc:840927816 Scandate 20100831025804 Scanner scribe17.sfdowntown.archive.org Scanningcenter sfdowntown Source

Madame Sabba, his "guide" at the Temple of Heaven, actually the lure in a robbery scheme ( Flashman's Lady, unconsummated). McGrath, Charles (11 November 2005). "An Agile Hero in Reputation, Not Action". The New York Times. New York. They eventually arrive on the island of Madagascar, where Flashy is kidnapped and put into Queen Ranavlona’s service as a ‘slave’, training her Army.I really struggled to put down this book. It's another hilarious instalment of the Flashman books with Flashy himself lying, scheming and seducing his way through an adventure he'd really rather not be a part of. Judy Parsons, his father's mistress ( Flashman). After a single bedding to satisfy joint lust, she and Flashman achieve a state of mutual dislike.