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THE FLASHMAN PAPERS BOOKS 10–12
FLASHMAN AND THE DRAGON FLASHMAN ON THE MARCH FLASHMAN AND THE TIGER
GEORGE MACDONALD FRASER
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Also by George MacDonald Fraser
FLASHMAN AND THE DRAGON
from The Flashman Papers, 1860
Edited and Arranged by
GEORGE MACDONALD FRASER
For Ka’t-lin
a memento of the Pearl River and Tuah Bee
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Appendix I: The Taiping Rebellion
Appendix III: The Doctor of Letters of the Hanlin Academy
It is now twenty years since the Flashman Papers, the memoirs of the notorious Rugby School bully who became a Victorian hero, were found in a Leicestershire saleroom. Of the dozen or so packets of manuscript, seven have so far been published in book form; they have covered four military campaigns (the First Afghan War, Crimea, Indian Mutiny, and Sioux War of 1879), and five episodes of less formal and generally reluctant active service – pirate-hunting with Brooke of Sarawak; as military adviser to Queen Ranavalona of Madagascar; as conspirator with Bismarck in the Schleswig-Holstein affair; in the African slave trade and Underground Railroad; and on the American frontier during the Gold Rush. This eighth volume sees him returning to military service in the Taiping Rebellion and Pekin Expedition of 1860.
Not the least interesting feature of Flashman’s recollections, to students of history, is the light they cast on the early years of many famous Victorians, who are seen through the unsparing eyes of one who, while a self-confessed coward, libertine, and scoundrel, was nevertheless a scrupulous reporter. Thus, we have seen him fleeing the murderous wrath of the young politician Bismarck, viewing Congressman Lincoln with wary respect, teaching the infant Crazy Horse how
