Harry Flashman: the unrepentant bully of Tom Browns schooldays now with a Victoria Cross has three main talents -- horsemanship facility with foreign languages & fornication. A reluctant military hero Flashman plays a key part in most of the defining military campaigns of the 19th century despite trying his utmost to escape them all. When Sir Harry Flashman V.C. the celebrated Victorian soldier scoundrel amorist & self-confessed poltroons memoirs first came to light thirty years ago the world was finally illuminated about what became of the celebrated cowardly bully from Tom Browns Schooldays. Now in addition to the other famous adventures of Flash Harry contained in the Flashman Papers come three new episodes in the career of this eminent if disreputable adventurer. The title piece touches on two of the most spectacular military actions of the century & sees Flashman pitted against one of the greatest villains of the day & observing with his usual jaundiced eye two of its most famous heroes. ...

Harry Flashman: the unrepentant bully of Tom Brown's schooldays now with a Victoria Cross has three main talents
- horsemanship
...

Harry Flashman: the unrepentant bully of Tom Brown's schooldays now with a Victoria Cross has three main talents
- horsemanship
...

Harry Flashman: the unrepentant bully of Tom Browns schooldays now with a Victoria Cross has three main talents -- horsemanship facility with foreign languages & fornication. A reluctant military hero Flashman plays a key part in most of the defining military campaigns of the 19th century despite trying his utmost to escape them all. Many have marvelled at General Napiers daring 1868 expedition through the treacherous peaks & bottomless chasms of Abyssinia to rescue a small group of British citizens held captive by the mad tyrant Emperor Theodore. But the vital role of Sir Harry Flashman V.C. in the success of this campaign has hitherto gone unrecorded. Flashmans undeserved reputation for heroism renders him the British Armys candidate of choice when it comes to skulking behind enemy lines in Ali Baba attire. After all who but the great amorist could contemplate navigating a land populated by hostile tribes & the loveliest (and most savage) women in Africa from leather-clad nymphs with a penchant for torture to a voluptuous barbarian queen with a reputation for throwing disobliging guests to her pet lions? ...

Harry Flashman: the unrepentant bully of Tom Browns schooldays now with a Victoria Cross has three main talents
- horsemanship
...

An unforgettable standalone novel from Nicky Singer author of the sensational award-winning FEATHER BOY. Twelve-year-old Jess is grieving for her beloved Aunt Edie & anxiously awaiting the birth of her twin brothers when she finds a mysterious glass flask hidden in a desk. The flask is beautiful to Jess & soon she starts to believe that it contains a magical life-force. When her half-brothers are born critically ill Jess becomes convinced that their survival depends on whats happening to the flask... Through Jesss stunning narration Nicky Singer explores the meaning of life & the interconnected nature of all things
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Includes:: a sensible diabetes-friendly diet that teaches you how to incorporate pasta chocolate

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An award-winning reporter exposes falsehood distortion & propaganda in the global media. WARNING! Are newspapers seriously damaging your insight? Does what you read every day contain lies PR propaganda & distortion? Find out whos controlling your news in this shocking expose from the ultimate insider. ...

Join Stanley Lambchop for three exciting adventures! Flat Stanley The timeless story of Stanley becoming just half an inch thick: thin enough to posted to his friends. Stanley in Space No longer flat but still adventurous Stanley & his family take off for some inter-galactic diplomacy! Stanley Flat Again! It can be fun being flat but for Stanley the real thing is how to get round again? ...

Flat Stanley Stanley Lambchop wakes up one morning to find a notice-board has dropped on him in the night leaving him happy & healthy but only half an inch thick. It's a little unusual but he finds he can fly like a kite be sent on holiday through the post & can use his special new skills to catch some art thieves. Still he's glad when his brother Arthur thinks to use the bicycle pump to inflate him back to his normal shape. ...