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Flashman's Lady (Flashman)

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Manufacturer: Plume
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9780452264892
ISBN: 0452264898
Label: Plume
Manufacturer: Plume
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: 1988-04-01
Publisher: Plume
Studio: Plume


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Summary: Flashman at the peak of his powers
Comment: Another cracking adventure in the Flashman canon, this episode takes us from the cricket field at Lord's to colonial Singapore, the pirate nests of Borneo and the insanity of 19th-century Madagascar.

As always, fate, and Flashman's attempts to suborn it in pursuit of cash, women and fame, lead him into hair-raising situations where death is an ever-present with disgrace not far behind. But Flashman is on supreme form this time around. Unusually, his wife Elspeth accompanies him on many of his adventures, and her presence allows a richer examination of Flashman's character, which proves to be less selfish and caddish than earlier episodes have led it to seem.

As he finally escapes from the palace of the crazed Queen Ranavalona, pursued by her praetorian guard, with Elspeth at his side, adventure, action, affection and character are perfectly meshed to make this one of the very best of the high-quality Flashman canon.
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Summary: Courage! and deal the cards.
Comment: After my third episode of Flashy's exploits, I slurp them down as fast as I can; they increase in audacity and fascinating historical tidbits. How could a poltroon outwit the great Bismark, outmanoeuver Pirates, be seen at the scene of pivotal political events?? Flashman empowers me to run boring errands, endure dull political correctness and other mealy-mouthed characteristics of our era. My inner vision of his peering through Mrs Lade(!)'s plummage en flagrante delicto (sp?), gives me backbone to standing in line at Wal-Mart, write checks to the IRS, or other things we do rather than outrun Afghanistan militants......
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Summary: Flash Outshined
Comment: Harry Flashman - despicable poltroon or modest unreliable narrator, depending on your literary whim - shows himself eclipsed by a bolder rogue and a genuine hero in the first half of this too-long novel. The bolder rogue kidnaps Harry's wife, and the genuine hero, the authentic White Rajah of Sarawak, rescues her... almost.

By far the most entertaining portion of this sixth Flashman novel is the first quarter, which features a hilarious account of cricket as played in Jolly Old England in the middle of the 19th C. Harry, naturally, is a cricket phenom, whose skill is exceeded only by his skullduggery. Then Harry find himself once more en route to hellish adventures in the colonies. His travelogue description of Singapore is worth the price of a ticket there, and in Singapore, he encounters James Brooke, the White Rajah, the Hotspur character who overshadows him for another quarter of the text.

The second half of the book is effectively another novel, one that seems thin and anticlimactic after the first. Harry gets himself imprisoned in the clutches of a madwoman-queen. Finally he escapes. Ho hum. But another side of our Flashman is revealed; he actually risks his skin to save his addlepated little wifey. How will we ever be certain again that he's as much of a coward as he boasts?

Author GM Fraser introduces an innovation in this volume; part of the story is told by Mrs. Flashman, in the form of pages from her diary. She's not the narrator her husband is.

Except for the cricket chapters, this is a less amusing Flash than the others I've read. If you're plowing your way through the life story of England's most meretricious hero, you have every right to skip an episode now and then.

The more I think about it tonight, the more uncomfortable I find myself getting over the question of whether one should laugh or vomit at Harry's racism and sexism. I begin to think I'm obliged to do both, or else give the series up.
Customer Rating:
Summary: The Author Never Disapoints.
Comment: After the first 78 pages which describe a cricket match (apparently it's a British game and not a real sport like American Football) the book gets back on track and ends up being one of the better Flashman's which takes him from Singapore to the wilds of Burneo and all the way to Madagascar. Once it actually gets going between the running battles with pirates and Flashy's capture and use as a stud for an African Queen you will not want to put the book down. As always the attention to historical detail is excellent.

Overall-Highly Recommended

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Summary: Cricket, Pirates, and The 'Mad Queen of Madagascar'
Comment: Flashman's Lady
That I give Flashman's Lady only four stars is misleading as I am judging it against other books in the Flashman series and not on an absolute scale where it would deservedly receive a full five. Flashman's Lady is George Macdonald Fraser's sixth book in the series, but third chronologically as it fills in gaps from 1842 to 1846.

Flashman's Lady includes three tales all centering to some degree around his beloved wife Elspeth (don't worry, that doesn't keep Flashy from straying). Flash first encounters Tom Brown in London, which leads to Flash's involvement in cricket matches involving some of the great names of the sport (or so I am informed). Elspeth attracts unwanted but not unwonted male attention (unwanted by Flash anyway) that leads to a cruise to Singapore where Elspeth is kidnapped. Flash follows the trail to Borneo with the great pirate fighter James Brooke, the White Raja of Sarawak. Harrowing battles on the Batang Lupar River leave Harry and Elspeth captive on board ship in the Indian Ocean. Harry `escapes' into slavery and the not-so-tender mercies of Queen Ranavalona of Madagascar. The reader is treated to the oddities and savagery of that island; a land that is outwardly European-influenced, but Ranavalona has kicked out all whites. Ranavalona's portrayal is doubtless distorted by Harry's pro-imperial Victorian views, but it makes for fascinating fun. (Elspeth also lands there, but is mostly out of sight.)

The book was edited by one of Elspeth's sisters, who kindly excised the swear words, but left in the blood and gore, all the naughty bits. It also contains brief notes from Elspeth's own journal.

Flashman's Lady will not disappoint fans of Flashman (and if you have not read it, then go buy the original Flashman: A Novel (Flashman)) and some will argue it's the best in the series. In my estimation, the book slips to four stars on the Flashman Scale only because adding the Madagascar adventure seems contrived. Ending the book with the adventures in Borneo would have been tidier. One speculates that Fraser wanted to write a tale involving Ranavalona, but lacked enough material for a full book. Too much Flashman, not much of a beef, is it? Let's hope the rumor that Fraser is working on another Flashman book proves true.

The reader should also try out Fraser's McAuslan stories (McAuslan in the Rough or The General Danced at Dawn) for a whimsical look at post-war life in a World War Two regiment of Scottish Highlanders.

Note: Flashman's Lady ends with Flash being summoned to India where he gets thoroughly mixed up in the first Anglo-Sikh war, a story that is told in Flashman and the Mountain of Light (Flashman), the ninth book published in the series.

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