New Releases by George MacDonald Fraser

Harry Flashman er en kujon af rang, men ved skæbnens ironi føres han lige lukt ind i den ene farlige situation efter den anden, da han meget mod sin vilje må deltage i Krimkrigen. Og det er endda kun den spæde start på de rystende og udmarvende hændelser, skæbnen har tiltænkt ham hovedrollen i...

From humorist George MacDonald Fraser comes the funniest stories of an inept soldier, Private McAuslan, now collected in a single volume. The most disastrous soldier to ever serve in the British Army, Private McAuslan, J., the dirtiest soldier in the world (alias the tartan Caliban, or the Highland Division's answer to the Peking man), first demonstrated his unfitness for service in "The General Danced at Dawn." He continued his disorderly advance, losing, soiling, and destroying his equipment, through the pages of "McAuslan in the Rough." The final story, "The Sheikh and the Dustbin," pursues the career of the great incompetent as he shambles across North Africa and Scotland, swinging his right arm in time with his right leg and tripping over his untied laces. Whatever he does and wherever he goes, Private McAuslan's admirers know him as court-martial defendant, ghost catcher, star-crossed lover, and golf-caddie extraordinaire. Now, all of George MacDonald Fraser's inimitable McAuslan stories are collected together in one glorious volume, for readers to gasp, giggle, and gawk at McAuslan's misadventures. Whether map reading his erratic way through the Sahara by night, or confronting Arab rioters, McAuslan's talent for catastrophe is guaranteed. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction--novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Harry Flashman: the unrepentant bully of Tom Brown's schooldays, now with a Victoria Cross, has three main talents -- horsemanship, facility with foreign languages and fornication. A reluctant military hero, Flashman plays a key part in most of the defining military campaigns of the 19th century, despite trying his utmost to escape them all. If only Flashman had got on with his dinner and ignored the handkerchief dropped by a flirtatious hussy in a Calcutta hotel ... Well, American history would have been different, a disastrous civil war might have been avoided, and Flashman himself would have been spared one of the most hair-raising adventures of his misspent life. If only ... But, alas, the arch-rotter of the Victorian age could never resist the lure of a pretty foot. This latest extract of the Flashman Papers soon finds Flashman careering towards the little Virginian town of Harper's Ferry, where John Brown and his gang of rugged fanatics were to fire the first shot in the great war against slavery.

Books 4-6 in George MacDonald Fraser’s uproarious bestselling Flashman series, now available in one ebook for the first time.

“A jolly read.”—The Wall Street Journal The tenth installment in The Flashman Papers finds Captain Harry Flashman of Her Majesty''s Secret Service in the antebellum South, where the irrepressible, globe-trotting Victorian becomes the target of blackmailing beauties. Evading danger, bedding women, and profiting from every opportunity, Flashman once again weasels his way into history, this time in John Brown’s raid of Harper’s Ferry, just before the Civil War. As a result of Flashy’s letching, lying, cheating, and stealing on land, on sea, and on the rails, not only did John Brown become a martyr, Lincoln became president, and the nation plunged into a bloodbath.

“Hilariously funny.”—The New York Times Book Review “Great dirty fun!”—Grand Rapids Press “The most entertaining anti-hero in a long time… Moves from one ribald and deliciously corrupt episode to the next… Wonderful and scandalous.”—Publishers Weekly The seventh volume of the "Flashman Papers" records the arch-cad''s adventures in America during Gold Rush of 1849 and the Battle of Bighorn in 1876, and his acquaintance with famous Indian chiefs, American soldiers, frontiersmen and statesmen.

“Hilariously funny.”—The New York Times Book Review One of literature''s most delightful rakes is back in another tale of rollicking adventure and tantalizing seduction. The plucky Flashman''s latest escapades are sure to entertain devotees as well as attract new aficionados.

“Hilariously funny.”—The New York Times Book Review “Great dirty fun!”—Grand Rapids Press “The most entertaining anti-hero in a long time… Moves from one ribald and deliciously corrupt episode to the next… Wonderful and scandalous.”—Publishers Weekly The fourth volume of memoirs in which Harry Flashman confronts destiny with Lord Cardigan and the Light Brigade. Part of the Flashman series, comprising Flashman, Royal Flash, and Flash for Freedom, among others, which explores the successful though scandalous later career of the bully in Tom Brown''s School Days.

A game of cards leads Flashman from the jungle death-house of Dahomey to the slave state of Mississippi as he dabbles in the slave trade in Volume III of the "Flashman Papers". When Flashman was inveigled into a game of pontoon with Disraeli and Lord George Bentinck, he was making an unconscious choice about his own future - would it lie in the House of Commons or the West African slave trade? Was there, for that matter, very much difference? Once again Flashman''s charm, cowardice, treachery, lechery and fleetness of foot see the lovable rogue triumph by the skin of his chattering teeth.

Coward, scoundrel, lover and cheat, but there is no better man to go into the jungle with. Join Flashman in his adventures as he survives fearful ordeals and outlandish perils across the four corners of the world.

Coward, scoundrel, lover and cheat, but there is no better man to go into the jungle with. Join Flashman in his adventures as he survives fearful ordeals and outlandish perils across the four corners of the world.

Coward, scoundrel, lover and cheat, but there is no better man to go into the jungle with. Join Flashman in his adventures as he survives fearful ordeals and outlandish perils across the four corners of the world.

The first in George MacDonald Fraser’s uproarious Flashman series and the classic they pay homage to available together for the first time in ebook format.

George MacDonald Fraser wrote The Candlemass Road after completing his research and writing The Steel Bonnets, his nonfiction account of the Anglo-Scottish border Reivers. Young Lady Margaret Dacre was brought up in the genteel fashion at the court of Queen Elizabeth I. When her father is murdered, she inherits his lands in the English West March and is plunged into a world where violence and raiding are commonplace. Fraser’s characters are, as always, richly developed through vivid descriptions and witty dialogues. His novel is true to the spirit of the Anglo-Scottish frontier feud.

Der 17-jährige Harry Flashman wird in der Zeit des Viktorianischen Empire aus der Rugby School geworfen. Er startet eine erstaunliche Karriere beim Militär, die unverdient steil nach oben geht, denn er weiss: Bestimmte menschliche Fehler wie Dummheit, Arroganz und Engstirnigkeit sind militärische Vorzüge. Harry Flashman darf Elspeth, "das grösste Flittchen, das je eine Matratze abgenutzt hat" heiraten (ausserdem ist ihr Vater reich), doch wird er zu seinem Entsetzen nach Afghanistan versetzt. Beim Rückzug der Briten und verbündeten Inder aus Kabul überleben nur zwei - Harry ist einer davon. Harry macht sich natürlich aus dem Staub und schlägt sich selbst durch. Das endet in höchsten militärischen Auszeichnungen als "Held von Dschalalabad" und bei den Afghanen wird er als "Bloody Lance" geachtet (aufgrund eines weiteren Missverständnisses). George MacDonald Fraser wurde vor allem berühmt durch die Serie historischer Romane, den Flashman Manuskripten, deren 11 Bände von 1969 bis 2005 erschienen. Dabei handelt es sich um die fiktiven Memoiren von Sir Harry Flashman, einem hoch dekorierten britischen Offizier im Ruhestand, der auf seine Abenteuer zwischen 1840 und 1890 zurückblickt, die ihn unter anderem mit Bismarck, General Custer, Lola Montez und vielen anderen zusammengeführt hatte. Geboren wurde Fraser 1925, wurde Soldat und kämpfte in Burma. Danach wurde er Journalist, später Schriftsteller und Drehbuchautor (unter anderen "Die drei Musketiere" und den James-Bond-Film "Octopussy") in Grossbritannien und Kanada. Er starb 2008.

El salvaje Oeste y la batalla de Little Big Horn es uno de los escenarios ideales para que un personaje como Flashman desarrolle sus mejores artes: el engaño, la traición, el juego sucio... En esta novela tiene ocasión de demostrar hasta qué extremos es capaz de llegar con tal de salvar el pellejo. Y la sátira que hace MacDonald Fraser tanto de los indios como de los soldados y políticos americanos no deja títere con cabeza.

From the thirteenth to the sixteenth centuries, outlaws reigned supreme on the contentious frontier between England and Scotland. Feud and terror, raid and reprisal, were the ordinary stuff of life—and a way of survival. Power was held by the notorious border reivers (the "steel bonnets," named for their flashy helmets), who robbed and murdered in the name of family: the famous clans (or "grains")—like Elliot, Armstrong, Charlton, and Robson—romanticized by Sir Walter Scott. In The Steel Bonnets, George MacDonald Fraser, author of the bestselling Flashman novels, and himself a borderer, tells the fascinating and bloody story of the reivers, their rise to power as ferocious soldiers of horse, and their surprisingly sudden fall from grace.

It’s 1868 and Sir Harry Flashman, V.C., arch-cad, amorist, cold-headed soldier, and reluctant hero, is back! Fleeing a chain of vengeful pursuers that includes Mexican bandits, the French Foreign Legion, and the relatives of an infatuated Austrian beauty, Flashy is desperate for somewhere to take cover. So desperate, in fact, that he embarks on a perilous secret intelligence-gathering mission to help free a group of Britons being held captive by a tyrannical Abyssinian king. Along the way, of course, are nightmare castles, brigands, massacres, rebellions, orgies, and the loveliest and most lethal women in Africa, all of which will test the limits of the great bounder’s talents for knavery, amorous intrigue, and survival. Flashman on the March—the twelfth book in George MacDonald Fraser’s ever-beloved, always scandalous Flashman Papers series--is Flashman and Fraser at their best.

George MacDonald Fraser—beloved for his series of Flashman historical novels—offers an action-packed memoir of his experiences in Burma during World War II. Fraser was only 19 when he arrived there in the war's final year, and he offers a first-hand glimpse at the camaraderie, danger, and satisfactions of service. A substantial Epilogue, occasioned by the 50th anniversary of VJ-Day in 1995, adds poignancy to a volume that eminent military historian John Keegan described as "one of the great personal memoirs of the Second World War."

La pasión por los naipes es uno de los vicios menos importantes de Harry Flashman. Sin embargo, siempre acaba por reportarle más problemas que ganancias. En esta ocasión, Flashman decide embarcarse en un oportuno barco con rumbo a África, antes de caer en manos de sus acreedores, pero lo que no puede imaginar siquiera es que se trate de un barco esclavista cuyo destino son las costas africanas. Como siempre, el azar le asistey no tardará en sacar partido de la situación antes de llegar a América. Un personaje capaz de engañar al mismísimo Abraham Lincoln sin pestañear bien merece ser condecorado, aun a pesar de su probada cobardía y doblez.

En 1948 el diplomático y sinólogo Robert van Gulik halló una serie de textos anteriores al siglo xviii en los que se narraban varios misterios sin resolver situados en diversos puntos de China en el siglo vii. A partir de este material y de la existencia histórica del juez y diplomático Jen djieh Di (630-700 d.C.), Van Gulik creó uno de los ciclos de misterio más divertidos y emocionantes jamás escritos.

Cuando ya parecía agotado el filón, el editor de los diarios Flashman halló tres textos de diversa extensión que cubrían pasajes de la vida de Flashman que hasta la fecha estaban oscuros, y que por fin aparecen publicados. Brillante colofón a la serie sobre el cana más cobarde, rijoso y entrañable del Imperio británico. Así tendremos una aventura en el Imperio de AustriaHungría, el escándalo que envolvió al príncipe de Gales por las partidas de bacará y una sorprendente aventura que llevó a Flashman a enfrentarse a Sherlock Holmes y Watson.

Biography on screenwriters in Great Britain.

Paul Doherty es el seudónimo de un prolífico autor de series de misterio situadas en diversos momentos de la historia. Con este mismo nombre viene publicando en esta colección un emocionante ciclo novelesco situado en el Antiguo Egipto y protagonizado por el juez Amerotke, del que se han aparecido hasta la fecha La máscara de Ra, Los asesinos de Horus y Los esclavos de Anubis. Las puertas del infierno es la tercera entrega de una serie iniciada con Alejandro Magno en la Casa de la Muerte (2003) y El Ateo (2004).

The misadventures of a Highlander battalion in the 1940s.

Harry Flashman llega a la India en misión secreta para descubrir los planes de las grandes potencias occidentales con intereses políticos y estratégicos en ese país, pero no tarda en implicarse personalemnte en el gran motín que los cipayos están preparando, y no duda en llevar a cabo un arriesgado cambio de identidad para introducirse en sus filas.

Si Flashman no hubiera hecho caso a la zalamerías de cierta mujerona, la historia de EEUU no sería como hoy la conocemos. Pero en tal caso no tendríamos oportunidad de leer una de las más divertidas y emocionantes aventuras jamás escritas. Afortunadamente, Flashman es incapaz de resistirse a la más mínima tentación, y estuvo en el momento más inoportuno en el lugar más inapropiado: en Harper''s Ferry, justo cuando John Brown y sus fanáticos secuaces están a punto de dar el disparo de salida a una guerra civil americana.

En esta entrega de la serie seremos testigos de cómo el pobre Flashy se ve obligado a abandonar su apacible vida londinense para luchar por el Imperio Británico (o más bien por mantener a salvo su pellejo) en la guerra de Crimea. El azar y sus intestinos traicioneros hacen que nuestro héroe desempeñe, muy a su pesar, un papel determinante en uno de los episodios más célebres de la historia militar británica.

Cuando Harry Flashman, el canalla mas condecorado y perverso de la epoca victoriana, acepto la invitacion de su enemigo del alma, Tom Brown, para acudir a un partido amistoso de criquet, no podia imaginar el tremendo lio en el que estaba metiendose; sin duda, el mas arriesgado de su escandalosa carrera, una lamentable aventura que le llevara a tierras africanas, en las que tendra que verselas con una chiflada reina negra. Por supuesto, si Flashman hubiese sabido lo que le esperaba, no se habria tomado el criquet tan a pecho.