Flashman at the Charge by George MacDonald Fraser

Flashman at the Charge

From The Flashman Papers 1854-1855 

Edited and Arranged by George MacDonald Fraser

Barrie & Jenkins, 1973 [First Edition], ISBN 021466841, illustrated end-papers (maps) hardcover, dust-jacket

Very Good Condition, minor edge and shelf wear, minor rubbing to edges and corners, previous owners book plate on reverse front end-paper, tape residue on covers, Mylar protected dust-jacket shows minor edge and shelf wear (see photographs)

"Indeed there was.  As the British cavalry prepared to launch themselves against the Russian guns at Balaclava, Harry Flashman was not so much dismayed as terrified.  Once again, despite all his shameless wriggling and talent for evasion, the arch-cad of Victorian history, survivor of uncounted retreats, surrenders, flights and disasters (to say nothing of bedroom brawls), found himself trembling on the brink of death and destruction.  It was all his own fault, too, and came of toadying to Prince Albert and hanging about in billiard-halls, not that that was any consolation."