Flashman doesn't mind being a coward he just doesn't want other people to know it.Īll his maneuvering actually just brings Flashman closer to the actual war and a series of wrong-place-at-the-wrong-time events will land him in the ill-fated Charge. As usual, as the book begins, he is trying to actually avoid fighting with a clamor in England for a war with Russia, he knows that soon he will be pressed into battle due to his (undeserved) reputation as a military hero. As with the other Flashman books, this is a historical novel, and Flashman is right in the middle of history. The title refers to the Charge of the Light Brigade, the famed fiasco for the British that was a highlight (or lowlight) of the Crimean War. In the fourth volume of the series, Flashman at the Charge, Flashy is his same old self. If you ever wondered what the opposite of James Bond might look like, George MacDonald Fraser's Harry Flashman might be a good character to look at: while superficially a heroic individual of great charm, Flashman is actually a coward and a cad and is unrepentant about these qualities. Charge of the Light Brigade, Flashman style
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