George MacDonald Fraser · 2005 · overland

George MacDonald Fraser's 2005 novel. Fleeing trouble in Trieste, Flashman is roped into Napier's 1868 British expedition to Abyssinia - from Alexandria and Suez to the landing at Zula and the storming of Emperor Theodore's mountain fortress at Magdala - a march across a savage highland kingdom survived by cunning and blind luck.

1. 1
   Trieste

   Where Flashman, laden with Mexican loot, is pressed into secret service for the Abyssinian venture.

2. 2
   Alexandria

   His landfall in Egypt, and the overland passage to the Red Sea.

3. 3
   Suez

   The head of the Red Sea, embarkation point for the Abyssinian coast.

4. 4
   Zula

   Napier's base on the Red Sea shore, where the expedition assembles for the march inland.

5. 5
   Magdala

   The mountaintop fortress of Emperor Theodore, the goal of the long climb into the highlands.