Flashman and the Mountain of Light (The Flashman papers) Book

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. With the mighty Sikh Khalsa the finest army ever seen in Asia poised to invade India and sweep Britannia's ill-guarded empire into the sea every able-bodied man was needed to defend the frontier -- and one at least had his answer ready when the Call of Duty came: 'I'll swim in blood first!' 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.

Flashman and the Mountain of Light : Paperback : HarperCollins Publishers : 9780006513049 : : 18 Jan 2012 : 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.