Can a man expelled from school for drunkenness, who has seduced his father’s mistress, who lies recklessly, and in a moment of danger prefers to take not a saber, but his legs in his hands... can such a person become a hero of whom the queen herself will be proud? Harry Flashman - a trickster, a rake and a secret agent involuntarily tells how this was possible in that blessed era when Britain - the mistress of the seas - decided to teach the land native savages some wisdom. In his infamous “Notes,” Flashman, with his characteristic wit and cynicism, told what kind of stuff the makers of history were made of, about whom they write a lot of beautiful truths, forgetting about the ugly truth. Fate prepared Flashman a luxurious odyssey, redirecting the cunning rascal from the womb of civilized Europe into the thick of colonial Asia, inhabited by shaggy savages, for whom killing a person is as easy as for an Englishman going fishing. Lieutenant Flashman will face duels and skirmishes, terrible dungeons and pits with poisonous snakes, ambushes, escapes, storming of fortresses, and many beauties and even more deadly enemies.