Flashman at the Charge (First American Edition) - Hardcover

Flashman At the Charge

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York. 1973. 286 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Flashman is ordered to protect and mentor William of Cellea (fictional) cousin of Queen Victoriaduring the Crimean War; William is killed. Flashman is subsequently involved in The Thin Red Line, the charge of the Heavy Brigade and the charge of the Light Brigade, where he surrenders. He is taken into Russia and placed in the custody of Count Pencherjevsky; he also meets his old school friend Scud East, and Count Nicholas Pavlovich Ignatiev, a vicious Russian army captain. After overhearing plans for the Russian invasion of British India, Flashman and East escape, but Flashman is recaptured. He is taken by Ignatiev across central Asia as part of his plans to conquer India, but is subsequently rescued from prison by cohorts of Yaqub Beg. Tajik and Uzbek warriors attack and destroy the Russian fleet with the aid of Flashman, who had been drugged with hashish. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 286 pages. Artikel-Nr. 66213

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