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<p>George MacDonald Fraser is a renowned historian, screenwriter, and the author of ten books of addictively entertaining hysterical, er, historical fiction featuring the 19th-century scoundrel and adventurer Sir Harry Paget Flashman, V.C. In <i> Black Ajax </i>, his first new book of fiction to be published in the U.S. in three years, Fraser takes a break from editing the voluminous Flashman papers to tell the story of Tom Molineaux, a freed slave from New Orleans who challenged England's undefeated bare-knuckle champion and became one of the most famous public figures of the Regency era. Molineaux's rise from slavery to cause célà̈bre and idol of the Fancy is viewed through the eyes of those closest to him -- his loyal trainer Paddington Jones; manager and fight promoter Bill Richmond, a former slave and pugilist himself; gentlemanly adversary Tom Cribb; and Captain Buckley Mad Buck Flashman -- father of the redoubtable Sir Harry -- whose performance here does much to explain the family proclivity for scandal. As ever, Fraser's mastery of period detail and idiom make for a lively historical romp, but it is his sly and stinging commentary on racial prejudice and social injustice

Author

Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925-2008

Publisher

New York: Carroll & Graf

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9780786706181

Subjects

Literary Fiction, History, Fiction

Rating

3.78 / 5 (27 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14