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  • The Speedicut Papers: Book 1 (1821–1848)

    Flashman’S Secret

    de Christopher Joll ...
    The Speedicut Papers recounts in very frank detail the life, loves, and adventures of Jasper Speedicutcharmer, sexual libertine, reluctant hero, and friend of the self-styled brigadier general Sir Harry Flashman, VC. Comprising a nine-volume series of linked adventures and anecdotes in memoir format, The Speedicut Papers lifts the lid from a veritable cesspit of Victorian and Edwardian upper-class ... Leer más

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  • The Speedicut Papers Book 2 (1848–1857)

    Love & Other Blood Sports

    de Christopher Joll ...
    Book 2 of The Speedicut Papers continues the first hand account of the life, loves and adventures of Jasper Speedicut: charmer, sexual libertine and reluctant hero. It is also a unique account of events in the British Empire and beyond, comprising a series of linked adventures and anecdotes which, when taken together, comprise a fascinating insight into many of the half-remembered or wholly ... Leer más

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  • The Speedicut Papers Book 3 (1857–1865)

    Uncivil Wars

    de Christopher Joll ...
    Uncivil Wars opens in 1857 and takes the reader through the horrors of the Indian Mutiny to China and the Second Opium War, during which Speedicut is captured and tortured in the notorious Board of Punishments. Back in England, Speedicut remarries and he and his new wife spend their honeymoon in the United States, where they get caught up in the American Civil War along with Scarlett OHara, Ashley ... Leer más

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  • The Speedicut Papers Book 9 (1900–1915)

    Boxing Icebergs

    de Christopher Joll ...
    In this, the final volume of the memoirs of Jasper Speedicut, the old soldier and courtier is deeplyand often hilariouslyinvolved in the 1900 siege of the Peking legations, the death and funeral of Queen Victoria, the final days of Oscar Wilde, the removal to safety of the personal correspondence of the Dowager Empress of Germany, the sinking of RMS Titanic, the start of the First World War, and ... Leer más

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  • The Speedicut Papers Book 8 (1895-1900)

    At War with Churchill

    de Christopher Joll ...
    Book 8 of The Speedicut Papers is primarily concerned with Speedicuts involvement with the young Winston Churchill on the North-West Frontier of India, in the Sudan at the Battle of Omdurman and in the Second Boer War, during which Speedicut is captured along with Churchill. When not acting as nursemaid to Britains future greatest Prime Minister, Speedicut plays a central role, invariably with ... Leer más

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  • The Speedicut Papers Book 4 (1865–1871)

    Where Eagles Dare

    de Christopher Joll ...
    Two main storylines run through Book 4 of The Speedicut Papers: Speedicuts quest to identify the traitor within the British establishment, who has already occasioned him considerable personal problems, and his involuntary and often disastrous involvement in the geopolitical affairs of the Emperors of Austria, Mexico and the French and the future Emperor of Germany. Speedicuts behind-the-scenes ... Leer más

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  • The Speedicut Papers Book 5 (1871–1879)

    Suffering Bertie

    de Christopher Joll ...
    As the subtitle implies, Book 5 of The Speedicut Papers is largely concerned with Speedicuts unsought role as a part-time courtier to Prince Albert Edward, The Prince of Wales, whilst at the same time he tries to track down the traitor in the British establishment. Along the way he witnesses the battle of Isandlwana, is present at Rorkes Drift and is framed for the death of the Prince Imperial. ... Leer más

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  • The Speedicut Papers Book 6 (1879–1884)

    Vitai Lampada

    de Christopher Joll ...
    Book 6 of The Speedicut Papers covers the period 1879-1885 during which time Speedicut is reluctantly involved in a series of British colonial and Imperial disasters in Afghanistan, South Africa, Egypt and the Sudan. Whist not ducking shot, shell and spears, Speedicut indulges deeply in such pleasures (usually of the carnal variety) that are on offer. ... Leer más

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  • The Speedicut Memoirs

    War or Peace

    de Christopher Joll ...
    As Europe see-saws between war and peace, Charles Speedicut finds himself involved in a series of clandestine missions for both the British Secret Intelligence Service and the equally secretive Brotherhood of the Sons of Thunder. From the concentration camp at Dachau, where Book 5 of The Speedicut Memoirs opens, via Whitehall, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Bavaria, Switzerland and France, Speedicut is ... Leer más

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  • The Speedicut Papers: Book 7 (1884–1895)

    Royal Scandals

    de Christopher Joll ...
    Why did General Gordon remain in Khartoum? What really happened at the Battle of Abu Klea? How and why did King Ludwig II of Bavaria, Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary and Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, actually die? Who was Jack the Ripper? And why was Oscar Wilde provoked into suing Lord Queensberry? For the first time, convincing answers to these and many other ... Leer más

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  • The Speedicut Memoirs

    Some Like It Shot

    de Christopher Joll ...
    In Book 3 of The Speedicut Memoirs, in addition to meeting many of the early movie stars of Hollywood, readers will discover the true facts about a number of previously unexplained events in the second quarter of the twentieth-century including the reason why Princess Fahmy was cleared of the murder of her husband; the truth about the forging and publishing of the Zinoviev Letter, the ... Leer más

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  • The Speedicut Memoirs: Book 1 (1915–1918)

    Russian Relations

    de Christopher Joll ...
    Following the death of Colonel Sir Jasper Speedicut in 1915, the Speedicut saga continues with the publication of the memoirs of his son, Charles.It is clear from his hair-raising exploits in pre- and post-revolutionary Russia and in the sands of Arabia, interspersed with adventures in a whole range of other people’s bedrooms, that Charles Speedicut inherited not just his name from his father… ... Leer más

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