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Flashman, a disgraced officer fleeing a murder charge, ventures to America aboard a traveling brothel. He encounters Native Americans and ultimately faces the violent clash at the Battle of Little Big Horn in Montana in 1876.
First publish date: 1982
Genre: Historical Fiction/19th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: George MacDonald Fraser
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