{"product_id":"flashman-9780452259614","title":"Flashman","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"If ever there was a time when I felt that 'watcher-of-the-skies-when-a-new-planet' stuff, it was when I read the first \u003ci\u003eFlashman\u003c\/i\u003e.\"-P.G. Wodehouse\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first novel in the Flashman series\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fraser revives Flashman, a caddish bully from \u003ci\u003eTom Brown's Schooldays\u003c\/i\u003e by Thomas Hughes, and relates Flashman's adventures after he is expelled in drunken disgrace from Rugby school in the late 1830s. Flashy enlists in the Eleventh Light Dragoons and is promptly sent to India and Afghanistan, where despite his consistently cowardly behavior he always manages to come out on top. Flashman is an incorrigible anti-hero for the ages. This humorous adventure book will appeal to fans of historical fiction, military fiction, and British history as well as to fans of Clive Cussler, James Bond, and The Three Musketeers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge MacDonald Fraser\u003c\/b\u003e was a bestselling historical novelist, journalist and screenwriter. He is perhaps most famous for his series of Flashman novels, featuring his antihero Harry Flashman. In addition to his novels, he wrote numerous screenplays, most notably \u003ci\u003eThe Three Musketeers\u003c\/i\u003e and the James Bond film \u003ci\u003eOctopussy\u003c\/i\u003e. George MacDonald Fraser died in 2008 at the age of 82.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Plume Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50725299454226,"sku":"9780452259614","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4f05ce93-c64a-466f-8721-0d73ca749091.jpg?v=1734824481","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/flashman-9780452259614","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}