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From: The Spectator
Date: 19970719
Author:Teacher, James

BLACK AJAX

by George MacDonald Fraser HarperCollins, 16.99, pp. 248

MacDonald Fraser's meticulous editing of the Flashman papers (rediscovered in Ashby, Leics. 1965) has yielded fascinating insights into the sporting bon-ton of Regency England. Serious students will remember that the second manuscript of the 1839-1842 packet describes Sir Harry Flashman's father as enjoying some lingering fame through having gone a number of rounds with Cribb in his youth, though it is my belief that Champion Tom went easy with him . . .

It has taken 30 years to piece together the sinister part played by ...

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