9 Top historical books like Flash for Freedom (The Flashman Papers #3) by George MacDonald Fraser

Cover of Flash for Freedom (The Flashman Papers #3) by George MacDonald Fraser

Flash for Freedom (The Flashman Papers #3)

By: George MacDonald Fraser

4.21

Format: 343 pages, Paperback

A game of cards leads Flashman from the jungle death-house of Dahomey to the slave state of Mississ…

If you liked the historical plot in Flash for Freedom (The Flashman Papers #3) by George MacDonald Fraser , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of The Virginian (Scribner Classics) by Owen Wister, Gary Scharnhorst

1. The Virginian (Scribner Classics)

By: Owen Wister , Gary Scharnhorst

3.91

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In the untamed West, pioneers came to test their fortunes -- and their wills. The Wyoming territory… read more

Similar categories in Owen Wister's The Virginian (Scribner Classics) book and George MacDonald Fraser's Flash for Freedom (The Flashman Papers #3)

  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • adventure
"Stand on your laigs you polecat, and admit you're a liar!"

-Owen Wister, The Virginian (Scribner Classics)

"For out of the eyes of every stranger looks either a friend or an enemy, waiting to be known."

-Owen Wister, The Virginian (Scribner Classics)

"Dr. MacBride had a manner of saying "pardon me," which rendered forgiveness well-nigh impossible."

-Owen Wister, The Virginian (Scribner Classics)

"Forgive my asking you to use your mind. It is a thing which no novelist should expect of his reader..."

-Owen Wister, The Virginian (Scribner Classics)

Cover of Kim by Rudyard Kipling, None

2. Kim

By: Rudyard Kipling , None

2.86

Format: 358 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Kim is set in an imperialistic world; a world strikingly masculine, dominated by travel, trade and … read more

Similar categories in Rudyard Kipling's Kim book and George MacDonald Fraser's Flash for Freedom (The Flashman Papers #3)

  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • adventure
Cover of Mexico Set (Bernard Samson, #2) by Len Deighton

3. Mexico Set (Bernard Samson, #2)

By: Len Deighton

3.59

Format: 378 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Now on the shadowy East-West battlefield of Mexico City. British intelligence agent Bernard Samson … read more

Similar categories in Len Deighton's Mexico Set (Bernard Samson, #2) book and George MacDonald Fraser's Flash for Freedom (The Flashman Papers #3)

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Sharpe's Havoc (Sharpe, #7) by Bernard Cornwell

4. Sharpe's Havoc (Sharpe, #7)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The new Richard Sharpe adventure It is the spring of 1809 and a small British army is stranded when… read more

Similar categories in Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe's Havoc (Sharpe, #7) book and George MacDonald Fraser's Flash for Freedom (The Flashman Papers #3)

  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • adventure
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5. Chickenhawk

By: Robert Mason

3.75

Format: 271 pages, Paperback

A true story from the battlefield that faithfully portrays the horror, the madness, and the trauma … read more

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Cover of Waterloo (Sharpe, #20) by Bernard Cornwell

6. Waterloo (Sharpe, #20)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.42

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

June 1815: The Duke of Wellington, the Prince of Orange, and Napoleon will meet on the battlefield.… read more

Similar categories in Bernard Cornwell's Waterloo (Sharpe, #20) book and George MacDonald Fraser's Flash for Freedom (The Flashman Papers #3)

  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • adventure
Cover of Sharpe's Revenge (Sharpe, #19) by Bernard Cornwell

7. Sharpe's Revenge (Sharpe, #19)

By: Bernard Cornwell

3.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

It is 1814 and the defeat of Napolean seems imminent - if the well-protected city of Toulouse can b… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • adventure
Cover of Flashman and the Seawolf by Robert Brightwell

8. Flashman and the Seawolf

By: Robert Brightwell

4.00

Format: 142 pages, ebook

Following the popularity of the memoirs of Harry Flashman the Victorian scoundrel who got himself e… read more

Similar categories in Robert Brightwell's Flashman and the Seawolf book and George MacDonald Fraser's Flash for Freedom (The Flashman Papers #3)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Joy in the Morning (Jeeves, #8) by P.G. Wodehouse

9. Joy in the Morning (Jeeves, #8)

By: P.G. Wodehouse

3.33

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Follow the adventures of Bertie Wooster and his gentleman's gentleman, Jeeves, in this stunning new… read more

Similar categories in P.G. Wodehouse's Joy in the Morning (Jeeves, #8) book and George MacDonald Fraser's Flash for Freedom (The Flashman Papers #3)

  • british literature
  • humor
  • fiction
  • 20th century
  • comedy

10. A Deadly Shade of Gold (Travis McGee #5)

By: John D. MacDonald

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Travis McGee discovers a face from his past lying in a pool of blood on a cheap motel room flo… read more

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Cover of Sharpe's Company (Sharpe, #13) by Bernard Cornwell, None

11. Sharpe's Company (Sharpe, #13)

By: Bernard Cornwell , None

4.25

Format: 286 pages, Mass Market Paperback

To stem the Napoleonic tide, Sharpe must capture a fortress—where his wife and infant daughter are … read more

Similar categories in Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe's Company (Sharpe, #13) book and George MacDonald Fraser's Flash for Freedom (The Flashman Papers #3)

  • british literature
  • adventure
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Flash for Freedom (The Flashman Papers #3) by George MacDonald Fraser

12. Flash for Freedom (The Flashman Papers #3)

By: George MacDonald Fraser

4.21

Format: 343 pages, Paperback

A game of cards leads Flashman from the jungle death-house of Dahomey to the slave state of Mississ… read more

Similar categories in George MacDonald Fraser's Flash for Freedom (The Flashman Papers #3) book and George MacDonald Fraser's Flash for Freedom (The Flashman Papers #3)

  • africa
  • british literature
  • 19th century
  • historical
  • adventure
  • humor
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • 20th century
  • comedy
Cover of Very Good, Jeeves! (Jeeves, #4) by P.G. Wodehouse

13. Very Good, Jeeves! (Jeeves, #4)

By: P.G. Wodehouse

4.30

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Whatever the cause of Bertie Wooster's consternation — Bobbie Wickham gives away fierce Aunt Agatha… read more

Similar categories in P.G. Wodehouse's Very Good, Jeeves! (Jeeves, #4) book and George MacDonald Fraser's Flash for Freedom (The Flashman Papers #3)

  • british literature
  • humor
  • 20th century
  • fiction
  • comedy
"Red hair, sir, in my opinion, is dangerous."

-P.G. Wodehouse, Very Good, Jeeves! (Jeeves, #4)

"The voice of Love seemed to call to me, but it was a wrong number."

-P.G. Wodehouse, Very Good, Jeeves! (Jeeves, #4)

"Unseen in the background, Fate was quietly slipping lead into the boxing-glove."

-P.G. Wodehouse, Very Good, Jeeves! (Jeeves, #4)

"As Shakespeare says, if you're going to do a thing you might as well pop right at it and get it over."

-P.G. Wodehouse, Very Good, Jeeves! (Jeeves, #4)

14. Berlin Game (Bernard Samson, #1)

By: Len Deighton

1.00

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

When a valuable agent behind the Iron Curtain signals he wants out, it's up to Bernard Samson, once… read more

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15. The Score (Parker, #5)

By: Richard Stark

3.93

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

It was an impossible crime: knock off a huge plant payroll, all the banks, and all the stores in on… read more

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16. Quantum of Solace: The Complete James Bond Short Stories

By: Ian Fleming

3.62

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Many of Ian Fleming's short stories have been the inspiration for the extremely successful James Bo… read more

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17. Sharpe's Siege (Sharpe, #18)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.25

Format: 179 pages, Paperback

Sharpe's mission has seemed simple: capture a small unguarded French coastal fort, cripple Napoleon… read more

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Cover of Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918 by Katja Hoyer

18. Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918

By: Katja Hoyer

4.17

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Before 1871, Germany was not a nation but an idea. Its founder, Otto von Bismarck, had a formidable… read more

Similar categories in Katja Hoyer's Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918 book and George MacDonald Fraser's Flash for Freedom (The Flashman Papers #3)

  • 19th century
Cover of Normandy '44: D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France by James  Holland

19. Normandy '44: D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France

By: James Holland

4.45

Format: 650 pages, Hardcover

D-Day, June 6, 1944, and the seventy-six days of bitter fighting in Normandy that followed the Alli… read more

Similar categories in James Holland's Normandy '44: D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France book and George MacDonald Fraser's Flash for Freedom (The Flashman Papers #3)

  • historical
Cover of Devil's Battle (Artillerymen Book, #3) by Taylor Anderson

20. Devil's Battle (Artillerymen Book, #3)

By: Taylor Anderson

4.54

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Marooned on a deadly alternate Earth, Colonel Lewis Cayce and his soldiers find themselves outnumbe… read more

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Cover of Northerners: A History by Brian Groom

21. Northerners: A History

By: Brian Groom

3.62

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A Times Bestseller A Waterstones ‘Book You Need to Read in 2022’ The definitive history of t… read more

Similar categories in Brian Groom's Northerners: A History book and George MacDonald Fraser's Flash for Freedom (The Flashman Papers #3)

  • historical
  • british literature

11 Top fiction books like Flash for Freedom (The Flashman Papers #3) by George MacDonald Fraser

Transform Your Habits

The Virginian (Scribner Classics)

Owen Wister , Gary Scharnhorst

3.91

Transform Your Habits

Kim

Rudyard Kipling , None

2.86

Transform Your Habits

Mexico Set (Bernard Samson, #2)

Len Deighton

3.59

Transform Your Habits

Sharpe's Havoc (Sharpe, #7)

Bernard Cornwell

4.00

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17 Top fiction books like Sharpe's Revenge (Sharpe, #19) by Bernard Cornwell

Transform Your Habits

Commodore Hornblower

C.S. Forester

4.25

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The Eagle's Prey (Eagles of the Empire, #5)

Simon Scarrow

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies

C.S. Forester

3.13

Transform Your Habits

Hornblower and the Atropos

C.S. Forester

3.13

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