Royal Flash by George MacDonald Fraser Reprint Barrie & Jenkins 1977. A VG+ copy with no previous owner's marks or inscriptions. Contents unblemished throughout. In a VG+ dust jacket. Not price clipped and with no fading or toning to spine.

In Royal Flash (1970), George MacDonald Fraser’s incorrigible Harry Flashman returns, entangled in a riotous escapade across 1840s Europe. Blackmailed by Otto von Bismarck, the cowardly cad impersonates a Danish prince in a perilous plot to secure a German duchy. Fraser’s razor-sharp prose and historical precision animate this swashbuckling satire, blending duels, romance, and political intrigue with Flashman’s shameless opportunism. Narrated with the rogue’s unapologetic swagger, the novel skewers Victorian propriety and European machinations. A rollicking sequel, it cements Flashman’s legacy as a delightfully despicable anti-hero.

SOLD October 2025