FREEFLASHMAN AND THE MOUNTAIN OF LIGHT EBOOK George MacDonald Fraser | 464 pages | 18 Jan 2012 | HarperCollins Publishers | 9780006513049 | English | London, United Kingdom Harry Flashman Fraser's Flashman books are exceptional at introducing us to events and campaigns of the Victorian era which don't figure prominently in the history books, and Mountain of Light is no exception. It gives a gripping account of the First Anglo-Sikh War, a peculiar and yet extremely violent war with all the trimmings: bloodthirsty enemies, incompetent commanders and stirring cavalry charges. Needless to say, the Koh-I-Noor ("the mountain of light"), that most famous of diamonds, also features in the story. I find the Flashman books mighty interesting and entertaining. They provide an odd combination of fiction and facts, of serious background research and coarse humour, of adventures on the battlefield and between the sheets. Flashman and the Mountain of Light is a novel by George MacDonald Fraser. It is the ninth of the Flashman novels. Flashman and the Mountain of Light Flashman, the gruff soldier, coward mistaken for hero, rogers his way through the Lahore Durbar and survives the first Sikh War by concealing himself amongst the ramparts of the Khalsa bridgehead in the thick of the fighting. Times have changed since Fraser penned the series and he does not flinch to portray the sexism and racism of the times. Alas, though, for poor Flashman, there was no avoiding the terrors of secret service in the debauched and intrigue-ridden Court of the Punjab, the attentions of its beautiful nymphomaniac Maharani (not that he minded that, really), the horrors of its torture chambers or the baleful influence of the Mountain of Light. Mrs Leslie, an unattached woman in the Meerut garrison (Flashman in the Great Game). Mrs Madison (Flashman and the Mountain of Light). Malee, a servant of Uliba-Wark (Flashman on the March). Mrs Mandeville, a Mississippi planter's wife (Flash for Freedom! and again in Flashman and the Angel of the Lord). Penny/Jenny, a steamboat girl (Flash for. Flashman, the gruff soldier, coward mistaken for hero, rogers his way through the Lahore Durbar and survives the first Sikh War by concealing himself amongst the ramparts of the Khalsa bridgehead in the thick of the fighting. Times have changed since Fraser penned the series and he does not flinch to portray the sexism and racism of the times. He is perhaps most famous for his series of Flashman novels, featuring his antihero Harry Flashman. In addition to his novels, he wrote numerous screenplays, most notably The Three Musketeers and the James Bond film Octopussy. George MacDonald Fraser died in at the age of Needless to say, the Koh-I-Noor ("the mountain of light"), that most famous of diamonds, also features in the story. I find the Flashman books mighty interesting and entertaining. They provide an odd combination of fiction and facts, of serious background research and coarse humour, of adventures on the battlefield and between the sheets. Fraser's Flashman books are exceptional at introducing us to events and campaigns of the Victorian era which don't figure prominently in the history books, and Mountain of Light is no exception. It gives a gripping account of the First Anglo-Sikh War, a peculiar and yet extremely violent war with all the trimmings: bloodthirsty enemies, incompetent commanders and stirring cavalry charges. Flashman and the Mountain of Light is a novel by George MacDonald Fraser. It is the ninth of the Flashman novels. has been visited by K+ users in the past month. https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4571671/normal_5fc439dd145ca.pdf https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4573552/normal_5fc3d27d33beb.pdf https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4573209/normal_5fc58f92ed4fa.pdf https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4573780/normal_5fc3d9d3831fc.pdf https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4571506/normal_5fc435666096b.pdf https://cdn.sqhk.co/chrisdixonyv/ghUgMSI/trusting-god-a-girlfriends-in-god-faith-adventure-91.pdf.