In article <000601c17f34$b2570980$8f14960a_at_...>, Guy Hoyle
<ghoyle1_at_...> writes
>From: "t_m_ellis" <tim_at_...>
>| I thought Flashman had met them in "Flashman's Lady", but checking it
>| seems that was Queen Ravalona (sp?) on Madagascar - IIRC she had a
>| unit of Female soldiers too though
>
>Flashy ran into the Dahomey amazons in one of the earlier books, which I
>can't remember, and I don't seem to be able to access any search engines at
>the moment. It was the one where he ships out on a slave ship, the Balliol
>College; the captain wants to take some of the amazons as slaves, but the
>women have other ideas. There are unexpected repercussions of this incident
>in the newest book, Flashman and the Tiger.
>
"Flash for Freedom", I believe. Flash heads off to the USA in due
course, and meets various interesting people, as is the way with the
books.
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Kevin Blackburn Kevin_at_...