Flashman and Madison's War
Reeks: Thomas Flashman Adventures
Robert Brightwell
- This
- book
- finds
- Thomas
- Flashman,
- a
- British
- army
- officer,
- landing
- on
- the
- shores
- of
- the
- United
- States
- at
- the
- worst
- possible
- moment
- –
- just
- when
- the
- United
- States
- has
- declared
- war
- with
- Britain!
- Having
- already
- endured
- enough
- with
- his
- earlier
- adventures,
- he
- desperately
- wants
- to
- go
- home
- but
- finds
- himself
- drawn
- inexorably
- into
- this
- new
- conflict.
- He
- is
- soon
- dodging
- musket
- balls,
- arrows
- and
- tomahawks
- as
- he
- desperately
- tries
- to
- keep
- his
- scalp
- intact
- and
- on
- his
- head.It
- is
- an
- extraordinary
- tale
- of
- an
- almost
- forgotten
- war,
- with
- inspiring
- leaders,
- incompetent
- commanders,
- a
- future
- American
- president,
- terrifying
- warriors
- (and
- their
- equally
- intimidating
- women),
- brave
- sailors,
- trigger-happy
- madams
- and
- a
- girl
- in
- a
- wet
- dress
- who
- could
- have
- brought
- a
- city
- to
- a
- standstill
- .
- Flashman
- plays
- a
- central
- role
- and
- reveals
- that
- he
- was
- responsible
- for
- the
- disgrace
- of
- one
- British
- general,
- the
- capture
- of
- another
- and
- for
- one
- of
- the
- biggest
- debacles
- in
- British
- military history.
