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Encyclopedia > Flashman on the March
Flashman on the March
Author George MacDonald Fraser
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre(s) Historical novel
Publisher HarperCollins
Publication date 2005
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 320 pp (paperback)
ISBN ISBN 0-00-719740-3
Preceded by Flashman and the Tiger

Flashman on the March is a 2005 novel by George MacDonald Fraser. It is the twelfth of the Flashman novels, set during the 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... George MacDonald Fraser, OBE (born 2 April 1926 in Carlisle) is a British author of both historical novels and non-fiction books. ... In political geography and international politics, a country is a political division of a geographical entity, a sovereign territory, most commonly associated with the notions of state or nation and government. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... A historical novel is a novel in which the story is set among historical events, or more generally, in which the time of the action predates the lifetime of the author. ... A publisher is a person or entity which engages in the act of publishing. ... HarperCollins is a publishing company owned by Rupert Murdochs News Corporation. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... ISBN-13 represented as EAN-13 bar code (in this case ISBN 978-3-16-148410-0) The International Standard Book Number, ISBN, is a unique[1] commercial book identifier barcode. ... Flashman and the Tiger is a 1999 book by George MacDonald Fraser. ... A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended, generally fictional narrative, typically in prose. ... George MacDonald Fraser, OBE (born 2 April 1926 in Carlisle) is a British author of both historical novels and non-fiction books. ... “Flashman” redirects here. ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ...


Plot

Fleeing first from Mexican bandits, rebels, and the French Foreign Legion, not to mention the relatives of an infatuated Austrian beauty, Harry Flashman is in urgent need of somewhere to take cover - even if it meant a perilous secret mission in disguise to the court of a voluptuous African queen with a weakness for stalwart adventurers. Along the way were nightmarish castles, brigand lairs, battles, massacres, orgies, and the loveliest and most lethal women in Africa, testing to the limit the great bounder's talents for knavery, amorous intrigue, and survival



 
 

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