Havelock's aid leads to a nighttime romp through the woods with a deranged Irishman, Kavanaugh, to guide Gen. Flashy goes next to Lucknow, where a safe job as Gen. Flashy is one of five survivors of Nana's treachery, which concludes with the massacre at Bibigarh and a bloody reprisal. Flashy is coming home from a sexual adventure when Meerut explodes in Mutiny.įlashy makes his way to besieged Cawnpore and helps negotiate with Nana Sahib safe passage down the Ganges. Duff Mason's orderly and is one of five sepoys who obey orders and escape a court-martial over ammunition that allegedly offends religious taboos. After succeeding, Flashy is nearly garroted by Ignatieff's hired Thugs, but rescued by his old friend, Ilderim Khan.ĭisguised as Makarram Khan, Flashy hides from Ignatieff and the Thugs by enlisting as a sepoy (horse soldier) in Meerut. In Jhansi, Flashy is enthralled by beautiful and intelligent Queen Rani Lakshmibai, hears her just grievances, knows he can do nothing of substance to help her, and bides his time, hoping to seduce her. Avoiding assassination by the Russian Count Ignatieff at Balmoral Castle, Flashy learns little at a stopover in Bombay, other than that Jhansi is a rough place. Despite consistent acts of cowardice, Flashy is knighted and awarded the prestigious Victoria Cross.įlashy is commissioned by the British Prime Minister, Lord Palmerston, to determine if India is near mutiny. Flashman in the Great Game describes Flashy's assignment in India during the Great Mutiny of 1857-58, which took him to palaces, native barracks, embattled garrisons, jungles, and rivers found him romancing a beautiful but treacherous queen and forced him numerous times to find a way to narrowly escape death.
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