by George MacDonald Fraser · HarperCollins · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780006173403
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«Flashman and the Dragon» is the historical adventure novel by George MacDonald Fraser, published by HarperCollins in paperback (320 pages, in English).
In 1860, Colonel Flashman, a decorated coward whom everyone takes for a hero, becomes embroiled in the conflicts of China: the Taiping Rebellion, opium, Lord Elgin, an imperial concubine and a colossal bandit woman. The plot blends humour, action and historical recreation as British and French troops advance towards the Forbidden City.
Eighth instalment of the Flashman Papers series. The first British edition was published in 1985; the present one is a Fontana printing of March 1990.
For readers of historical and adventure fiction with humour, and for those who follow the Flashman Papers series.
George MacDonald Fraser was a British author and screenwriter. He is best known for a series of works that featured the character Flashman. Over the course of his career he wrote eleven novels and one short-story collection in the Flashman series of novels, as well as non-fiction, short stories, novels and screenplays—including those for the James Bond film Octopussy, The Three Musketeers and an adaptation of his own novel Royal Flash.
