{"product_id":"flashman-george-macdonald-fraser","title":"Flashman, George MacDonald Fraser","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook Condition — Like New: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ebook\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is in pristine, original condition as when published. Carefully stored, the dust jacket is clean and free from marks, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003etears or\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e rips. The pages are as new, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eclean and\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e tightly \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ebound, and\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e have never been thumbed or opened. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;\"\u003e (1976).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;\"\u003eFirst in the Flashman series. The book details Flashman's early career (1839–1842) after his expulsion from Rugby, following his amoral rise through the British Army. Driven by his unshakeable cowardice, opportunism, and insatiable lust, Flashman is forced into a duel, a hurried marriage to the \"beautiful but brainless\" Elspeth, and a posting to India and then Afghanistan. Despite consistently shirking his duty, he accidentally finds himself in the thick of the disastrous First Anglo-Afghan War, witnessing the horrors of the Retreat from Kabul, only to stumble into a moment of accidental \"heroism\" that sees him return to Victorian England hailed as a decorated war hero: the \"Hector of Afghanistan.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSomething to know about us...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0; text-align:center;\"\u003eCKB Books are the online store for Broadhursts of Southport Ltd who is one of the oldest second-hand and antiquarian bookshops in the country, having been established in 1920 by Charles Kenyon Broadhurst who many years later became President of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association(ABA). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0; text-align:center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#174377;\"\u003eWe offer new, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#174377;\"\u003esecond-hand and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#174377;\"\u003e antiquarian books as well as collectable items.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0; text-align:center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#174377;\"\u003eWe are a family run business who have been collecting \u0026amp; selling books for many years and now want them to be accessible worldwide.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0; text-align:center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#174377;\"\u003eWe strive to offer the best customer service with speedy delivery.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52568154177875,"sku":"1687er","price":48.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/57_6074a79b-576e-4937-b32b-947505d020e4.jpg?v=1765458977","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/flashman-george-macdonald-fraser","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}