Flashman's lady: From the Flashman Papers, 1842-1845

Flashman's lady: From the Flashman Papers, 1842-1845 by Fraser, George MacDonald. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780214203886.

A game of cricket lands Flashman in thrall to a mad barbarian queen in Madagascar in Volume VI of the Flashman Papers. Flashman accepts an invitation from his old enemy, Tom Brown of Rugby, to join in a friendly cricket match, little suspecting that he is letting himself in for the most desperate game of his scandalous career. What follows is a deadly struggle that sees him scampering from the hallowed wicket of Lords to the jungle lairs of Borneo pirates, from a Newgate hanging to the torture pits of Madagascar, and from Chinatowns vice dens to slavery in the palace of the female Caligula herself, Queen Ranavalona of Madagascar. Had he known what lay ahead, Flashman would never have taken up cricket seriously.