G.M. Fraser -06- Flashman's Lady (Unb)(David Case)[1977-MP3-32-22-1]	
(Harry Flashman #06)   From the Flashman Papers, 1843-1845

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Title: Flashman's Lady (Unb)
Author: George MacDonald Fraser

Narrator: David Case
Publisher: Books on Tape, Inc. (March 3, 1995)
Audio Cassettes, Unabridged
Runtime: 13:12:00
ISBN-10: 0736630082
ISBN-13: 978-0736630085


props to fxb

Book Description

When Flashman, the most decorated poltroon of the Victorian Age, accepted an invitation from his old enemy, Tom Brown of Rugby, to join a friendly cricket match, he little knew that he was letting himself in for the most desperate game of his scandalous career - a deadly struggle that would see him scampering from the hallowed wicket of Lord's to the jungle lairs of Borneo pirates, from a Newgate hanging to the torture pits of Madagascar, from Chinatown dens to slavery in the palace of a mad black queen.

If he had known what lay ahead, Flashman would never have taken up cricket seriously. 

Plot summary

Flashman meets Tom Brown at a tavern and is convinced to play cricket at Lord's for a team made up of Rugby Old Boys. His impressive play (performing possibly the first ever hat-trick) leads to more matches, and an encounter with Daedalus Tighe, a notorious bookie. He also meets Don Solomon Haslam, a businessman from the East Indies, who has a lot of money, prestige, and a fascination for Elspeth, Flashman's wife. Due to a wager with Haslam, blackmail from Tighe, and threats from a Duke arising from an affair with the Duke's lover, Flashman is forced to accompany Haslam, Elspeth, and Morrison (his father-in-law) on a trip to Singapore. There Haslam reveals his true identity and kidnaps Elspeth. Flashman must reluctantly chase after them, with the help of James Brooke. This chase takes him to the jungles of Borneo, the nests of pirates, and finally to Madagascar, where he is enslaved and becomes military advisor and lover to Queen Ranavalona I. Escape from the island seems impossible, and with his wife's help he has to overcome his cowardice to evade their pursuers.

EXCERPT
"Madagascar," says he, and looked at me. "You have been in some terrible places, Harry--well, if ever you chance to be wrecked there"--and he nodded at the green shore--"pray that you have a bullet left for yourself." He glanced to see that Elspeth was out of earshot. "The fate of any stranger cast on those shores is too shocking to contemplate; they say the queen has only two uses for foreign men--first to subdue them to her will, if you follow me, and afterwards, to destroy them by the most fearful tortures she can devise."

"Playful little lady, is she?"


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