The British Empire needs a man to satisfy insatiable lust and match lies with a master of treachery and never be caught acting like a gentleman.

Fortunately, it has Harry Flashman.

Yes, history's most unheroic hero is back - to deal with a ravishing (quite literally) maharani and her equally sex-hungry maid... to join forces with an American adventurer with royal ambitions... to refuse to let loyalty affect his allegiance to self-preservation... and to win the brightest jewel in England's imperial crown at the cost of something he will never miss - namely, honor.