George MacDonald Fraser · 1990 · overland

Sent as a reluctant spy into the Punjab on the eve of the First Sikh War, Flashman is entangled in the murderous intrigues of the Lahore court and the fate of the Koh-i-Noor diamond before the terrible clash of the Khalsa and the Company on the Sutlej at Ferozeshah and Sobraon.

1. 1
   Simla

   The British hill station from which Flashman is sent, unwilling, into the Sikh kingdom.

2. 2
   Lahore

   The Khalsa capital and its poisonous court, where the Maharani's schemes swirl about the throne.

3. 3
   Ferozeshah

   The Sutlej battlefield where the Company army barely survives a desperate two-day fight.

4. 4
   Sobraon

   The final battle on the river that breaks the Khalsa and ends the war.