Flashman and the Knights of the Sky

De: Paul Moore

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

1906. Harry Flashman, grandson of the famous Victorian General is about to leave Rugby under a cloud. A chip off the old block, one might say. Perhaps more than he realised. Forced to join the army, up to no good at Sandhurst and sent to India. 1914. India. Bored with garrison life, an unwise gamble leads to a flight in one of these new aeroplanes. As a result, and surprisingly smitten by aviation, Flashman returns to England via Sarajevo, intending to learn to fly. Meanwhile, Europe is convulsed. Displaying all his charming family traits, he is caught up in the start of the Great War, shanghaied along the way by the head of the fledgling Secret Service. Fighting for his life over the western front in a box of string and dope, sent beyond the lines on reckless missions for C, terrified out of his wits, dashing for cover, deflowering the local maidens, lying, stealing and generally behaving badly, Flashman gives his honest account of his life as an RFC pilot and sometime secret agent. From the birth of aerial fighting, to the first day on the Somme, from dropping bombs on the enemy, to duelling in the skies with Immelmann, from the nocturnal secrets of enemy spies, to murder on the streets of St Omer, Flashman lives up to his family name, emerging quivering but alive and reputation intact from the maelstrom of total war in Europe. Note from the author: I have been a great follower of Harry Flashman and his adventures for many years and so it was with sadness that I heard of the passing of his creator. No longer could I look forward to the latest packet of the Flashman papers to be edited and published. And so, with some trepidation as I am not an author by trade, I decided the only way for Flashman's history to continue was to write it myself. This then is my homage. I hope you, the reader, will see it for what it is, both a tribute to the late GMF but also something completely new to add to the Flashman history. I hope you enjoy it.