Book review - "Flashman and the Redskins" by George MacDonald Fraser (1982) (warning: spoilers)

 Excellent Flashman. Truly epic sweep.  Two parts, leaping time. More heart than normal because of the son reveal. Flashman is a bit of a dill to get caught up in Mrs Candy's plan - that didn't quite ring true despite all Fraser's attempts to justify it. Very funny. Thrilling action - chases through the desert, Bents Fort, the epic Battle of Little Big Horn. Splendid characters - Custer, Mangas Colorado, Kit Carson. This is one of the best. Flashman does a genuinely really mean thing in this - selling Cleonie - which he hasn't done for  a while.