George MacDonald Fraser · 1975 · survival

Dispatched to India as a secret agent on the eve of the Great Mutiny, Flashman is caught up in the rising's full fury, from the intrigues of the Rani of Jhansi to the massacre at Cawnpore and the desperate siege of Lucknow, surviving by every low cunning he possesses.

1. 1
   London

   Where Flashman is recruited for secret work and sent out to India as the Mutiny gathers.

2. 2
   Bombay

   His landfall in India, from which he travels up-country into the coming storm.

3. 3
   Jhansi

   The court of the formidable Rani, whose grievance against the Company helps light the Mutiny.

4. 4
   Cawnpore

   Scene of the siege and the infamous massacre on the Ganges.

5. 5
   Lucknow

   The Residency whose long siege and relief Flashman endures to the end.