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Brigadier-General Sir Harry Paget Flashman VC KCB KCIE (5th May 1822 - 1915) is a fictional character originally created by the author Thomas Hughes in his semi-autobiographical work Tom Brown's Schooldays, first published in 1857. The book is set at Rugby School, where Flashman is a notorious bully who persecutes its eponymous hero, Tom Brown. In Hughes' book, Flashman is finally expelled for drunkenness. Choushinsei Flashman ), translated into English as Supernova Flashman, was the tenth Super Sentai series produced by Toei Company and Bandai. ... Mega Man firing his weapon while in Shadow Mans stage from Mega Man 3 (NES). ... Not to be confused with Robot Master (Transformers). ... Image File history File links Flashmancover. ... Image File history File links Flashmancover. ... Brigadier General (sometimes known as a one-star general from the United States insignia) is the lowest rank of general officer in some countries, usually ranking just above Colonel and just below Major General. ... The Victoria Cross (VC) is a military decoration awarded for valour in the face of the enemy to members of armed forces of some Commonwealth countries and previous British Empire territories. ... Badge of a Companion of the Order of the Bath (Military Division) Ribbon of the Order of the Bath The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (formerly The Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath)[1] is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on May 18, 1725. ... The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire is an order of chivalry founded by Victoria in 1877. ... Alice, a fictional character based on a real character from the work of Lewis Carroll. ... A statue of Thomas Hughes at Rugby School Thomas Hughes (October 20, 1822 – March 22, 1896) was an English lawyer and author. ... Cover of 1999 re-issue by Oxford Worlds Classics Tom Browns Schooldays, first published in 1857, is a novel by Thomas Hughes, set at a public school, Rugby School for Boys, in the 1830s when Hughes himself had been a student there. ... A view of Rugby School from The Close, the playing field where according to legend Rugby was invented Rugby School, located in the town of Rugby, Warwickshire, is one of the oldest public schools in England and is one of the major co-educational boarding schools in the country. ... Bullying is the tormenting of others through verbal harassment, physical assault, or other more subtle methods of coercion such as manipulation. ... Tom Brown is a fictional character created by the author Thomas Hughes in his semi-autobiographical work Tom Browns Schooldays, first published in 1857, set at a public school, Rugby School for Boys, in the 1830s when Hughes himself had been a student there. ...

20th century author George MacDonald Fraser had the idea of writing a series of memoirs of the cowardly, bullying Flashman, portraying him as an antihero who cuts a swathe through the Victorian wars and uproars (and the boudoirs and harems) of the 19th century. Flashman - a self-described and unapologetic 'cad' - constantly betrays acquaintances, runs from danger or hides cowering in fear, yet he arrives at the end of each volume with medals, the praise of the mighty, and the love of one or more beautiful and enthusiastic women. Ultimately, Flashman becomes one of the most notable and honoured figures of the Victorian era. George MacDonald Fraser, OBE (born 2 April 1926 in Carlisle) is a British author of both historical novels and non-fiction books. ... Bullying is the tormenting of others through verbal harassment, physical assault, or other more subtle methods of coercion such as manipulation. ... In literature and film, an anti-hero is a central or supporting character that has some of the personality flaws and ultimate fortune traditionally assigned to villains but nonetheless also have enough heroic qualities or intentions to gain the sympathy of readers or viewers. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her accession to the Throne, 20 June 1837) gave her name to the historic era The Victorian era of the United Kingdom marked the height of the British Industrial Revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ...

In Tom Brown's Schooldays he is called only Flashman or Flashy; Fraser gives him his forenames, a lifespan from 1822 to 1915, and a birth date of 5 May. Look up Appendix:Most popular given names by country in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... is the 125th day of the year (126th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

In the novel Flashman, Flashman mentions that his mother was a relation of the socially prominent Paget family, but that the Flashman family were descended from a grandfather who'd made his fortune in America trading in rum, slaves, and "probably piracy". His father is a dissolute ex-member of parliament, who is "not quite the thing in society." As Flashman says, quoting Greville, "the coarse streak showed through, generation after generation, like dung beneath a rosebush". Flashman's taste in recreational activities etc. reflect his father's heritage, but, we are encouraged to suspect, his ability to pass himself off as a member of the upper crust, and his arrant cowardice, are traits inherited from his aristocratic mother. Harry Paget Flashman is a fictional character originally created by the author Thomas Hughes in his semi-autobiographical work Tom Browns Schooldays, first published in 1857. ... Sir Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke (October 3, 1554-September 30, 1628) was a minor Elizabethan poet, dramatist, and statesman. ...

Style and layout of the stories

The series is a classic use of false documents. The books describe the discovery of the nonagenarian General Flashman's memoirs in a Leicestershire saleroom in 1965. Posing as the editor of the papers, Fraser produces a series of historical novels that give a racy, colourful, mostly pragmatic (or arguably cynical) view of British and American history in the 19th century. Dozens of major and minor characters from history flit in and out of the books, often in an inglorious or hypocritical guise. Other fictional characters, such as Sherlock Holmes, can also be found in the tales, complementing Flashman and sundry figures from Tom Brown's Schooldays and Tom Brown at Oxford. A false document is a form of verisimilitude that attempts to create in the reader (viewer, audience, etc. ... A nonagenarian is a person in the age group from 90 to 99 years old. ... Leicestershire ( IPA: (RP), IPA: (locally)), abbreviation Leics. ... For discussion of historical romance novels, see historical romance. ... “American history” redirects here. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... A portrait of Sherlock Holmes by Sidney Paget from the Strand Magazine, 1891 Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. ... Cover of 1999 re-issue by Oxford Worlds Classics Tom Browns Schooldays, first published in 1857, is a novel by Thomas Hughes, set at a public school, Rugby School for Boys, in the 1830s when Hughes himself had been a student there. ... Tom Brown at Oxford is a novel by Thomas Hughes, first published in 1861. ...

Fraser's research is extensive and the books illuminate the historical events they depict. The books are heavily annotated, with end notes and appendices, as Fraser (in accordance with the fictional existence of the memoirs) attempts to "confirm" (and in some cases "correct") the elderly Flashman's recollections of events; in many cases, the footnotes serve to aid the reader by indicating that a particularly outlandish character really existed or that an unlikely event actually occurred.

In outline there are some similarities to the Thomas Berger novel (and movie) Little Big Man, in which a 121-year old man recounts his numerous adventures and escapes in the Old West. Mark Twain also wrote a short story, Luck, about a highly decorated English general in the Crimean War who was a total idiot, but whose misadventures always ended in success. Thomas Berger (born 1933), Canadian politician Thomas Berger, U.S. novelist (Little Big Man) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Little Big Man is a 1964 novel and a 1970 movie. ... Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910),[1] better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American humorist, satirist, lecturer and writer. ... Luck is an 1886 short story by Mark Twain which was first published in 1891 in Harpers Magazine. ...

The half-scholarly tone has occasionally led to misunderstandings; when first released in the United States, ten of 34 reviews published took it to be a real, albeit obscure, memoir. Several of these were written by academics - to the delight of The New York Times, which published a selection of the more trusting reviews.^[1] The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed internationally. ...

For the purposes of American publication, Fraser created a fictional entry of the 1909 edition of Who's Who. This lists Flashman's laurels as: VC, KCB, KCIE; Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur; Congressional Medal of Honor; San Serafino Order of Purity and Truth, 4th Class; and a lot of heartfelt thanks. In addition, he is listed as a major in the Union Army during the American Civil War in 1862, and a colonel in the Confederate Army the following year. (It is referred to in the narrative of Flashman and the Redskins that Flash did indeed fight on both sides during the American Civil War, changing sides half-way through. Though all conversations with Ulysses S Grant in that book suggest that this was a cover for espionage work.) Year 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Whos Who is the name of a number of publications, generally containing concise biographical information on a particular group of people. ... The Victoria Cross (VC) is a military decoration awarded for valour in the face of the enemy to members of armed forces of some Commonwealth countries and previous British Empire territories. ... Military Badge of the Order of the Bath The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. ... The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire is an order of chivalry founded by Victoria in 1877. ... Chevalier can be: French for knight, a rank in the Légion dhonneur. ... Chiang Kai-sheks Légion dhonneur. ... The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States. ... Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total... Flashman and the Redskins is a 1982 novel by George MacDonald Fraser. ... Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total... Ulysses Simpson Grant (April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was an American Civil War General and the 18th (1869–1877) President of the United States. ...

Flashman the man

Harry Paget Flashman described himself as a large man, six feet and two inches (1.88 metres) tall and close to 13 stone (about 180 pounds or 82 kg). In Flashman and the Tiger, he mentions that one of his grandchildren has black hair and eyes, resembling him in his younger years; his dark colouring frequently enables him to pass (in disguise) for a Pathan. He describes his only two talents as a gift for horsemanship and languages (but sometimes makes it up to four by adding fornication and cricket). He also had the means to impress important people he met, usually with excessive toadying. His other gift was his success with women. The list of his sexual conquests (see below) is long and includes several famous women. Despite his natural abilities and imposing figure, Flashman was a coward, running from the danger he constantly found himself in. He was also a bully to his (supposed) inferiors and found joy in creating trouble for people he did not like. The stone is a unit of mass in the Imperial system of weights and measures used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and most Commonwealth countries. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Bullying is the tormenting of others through verbal harassment, physical assault, or other more subtle methods of coercion such as manipulation. ...

After his expulsion from Rugby for drunkenness (from the original novel by Hughes), Flashman looked for a way to an easy life. He joined the military, picking the fashionable 11th Regiment of Light Dragoons commanded by Lord Cardigan, later of Light Brigade fame, because the 11th had just returned from India and were not likely to go back soon. Flashman threw himself into the social life that the 11th offered and became a leading light of Canterbury society. A view of Rugby School from The Close, the playing field where according to legend Rugby was invented Rugby School, located in the town of Rugby, Warwickshire, is one of the oldest public schools in England and is one of the major co-educational boarding schools in the country. ... The 11th Hussars (Prince Alberts Own) was a British Army cavalry regiment. ... Lieutenant-General James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan KCB (October 16, 1797 – March 28, 1868) commanded the Light Brigade during the Crimean War. ... Combatants Light Brigade (British Empire) Russian Empire Commanders Lord Cardigan (subordinate to Earl of Lucan) Pavel Liprandi Strength 673 cavalrymen 20 battalions of infantry, 50 pieces of artillery, unknown cavalry [1] Casualties 118 men killed, 127 wounded Unknown but presumably heavy, large number of Russians were routed, including cavalry. ... Canterbury is a cathedral city in east Kent in South East England and is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Primate of All England, head of the Church of England and of the worldwide Anglican Communion. ...

A duel over a lady of questionable morals led to his being stationed in Scotland, where he met and deflowered his future wife, Elspeth Morrison. Blackmailed by her family into a shotgun wedding, their marriage caused his forced resignation from the 11th Lights, and he was sent East to make a career. This he did in Afghanistan, unwittingly becoming a hero by being known as the defender and surviving officer of Piper's Fort. When found by the relieving troops, he lay wrapped in the flag and surrounded by dead enemy troops. The fact that he had been trying to surrender the colours rather than defend them was lost to history. A duel is a formalized type of combat. ... This article is about the country. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into forced marriage. ...

Needless to say, Flashman arrived at the Fort by accident, tried to avoid all suggestions of involvement in the conflict, had to be bullied into holding a musket by his sergeant and had been 'rumbled' for a complete coward. Happily for him, all inconvenient witnesses perished in the battle. This seems to happen in many of the stories.

This incident set the tone for Flashman's life. He spent the next seventy-five years meeting the most famous people of his time and trying to shirk his duty in the most historically important conflicts and events of the 19th century--while being hailed as a hero throughout. Flashman died in 1915.

Despite his self-confessed nature as a coward, Flashman was a dab hand at combat, when forced to it. Almost every book contains one or more incidents where Flashman must fight for his life. He does so quite efficiently.

Flashman stories

To date, the following extracts (in publication order) from the Flashman Papers have been published:

• Flashman (1969) — the First Anglo-Afghan War, 1839-1842 - Retreat from Kabul, Last Stand at Gandamak and Siege of Jalalabad.
• Royal Flash (1970) — a pastiche of Anthony Hope's The Prisoner of Zenda set during the European Revolutions of 1848. The story features Lola Montez and Otto von Bismarck as major characters, and fictionalizes elements of the Schleswig-Holstein Question, 1843, 1847 and 1848. The episode is presented as if Hope fictionalized the "true" story he heard from Flashman.
• Flash for Freedom! (1971) — the pre-Civil War slave trade and the Underground Railroad in the United States, 1848 and 1849.
• Flashman at the Charge (1973) — the Crimean War's Charge of the Light Brigade and Tuva, 1854.
• Flashman in the Great Game (1975) — the Indian Mutiny, the Rani of Jhansi, Lord Palmerston, Thomas Henry Kavanagh 1856-1858. At times, Flashman behaves heroically in this novel and is awarded the Victoria Cross and a Knighthood but the publishing of Tom Brown's Schooldays enrages and humiliates him although the ultimate effects of the novel on his reputation are small.
• Flashman's Lady (1977) — Bumps into Tom Brown again; scores the first "hat trick" in Cricket 1843, meets James Brooke in Borneo and Queen Ranavalona I of Madagascar 1843-1845. Parts are written as if drawn from the writings of his wife, Elspeth Rennie Morrison Flashman, and edited by her slightly puritanical and much offended sister, Grizel Morrison de Rothschild.
• Flashman and the Redskins (1982) — the American West: the Forty-niners 1849-1850, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn, 1875-1876.
• Flashman and the Dragon (1985) — China, Second Opium War and Taiping Rebellion, 1860.
• Flashman and the Mountain of Light (1990) — India: the First Anglo-Sikh War, 1845 and 1846. Capture of the Koh-i-Noor diamond.
• Flashman and the Angel of the Lord (1994) — United States: John Brown and the Harper's Ferry Raid, 1858 and 1859.
• Flashman and the Tiger (1999) incorporating:
  • The Road to Charing Cross — the Congress of Berlin and the Emperor Franz Josef, 1877-1878.
  • The Subleties of Baccarat — the Royal Baccarat Scandal, 1890 and 1891.
  • Flashman and the Tiger — The defence of Rorke's Drift, 1879 and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's short story The Adventure of the Empty House 1894. Flashman meets the villainous Colonel Sebastian "Tiger Jack" Moran.
• Flashman on the March (2005) — Escape from Mexico at the end of the French occupation, invasion of Abyssinia, 1868 and rescue of British hostages.

Flashman also plays a small part in Fraser's novel Mr American (1980). His father, Harry Buckley Flashman, has a similar cameo appearance in Black Ajax (1997). At one point, it is also mentioned that a member of the Flashman family was present at the Battle of Culloden, 1746. Fraser has confirmed that Flashman died in 1915 but the circumstances of his death have never been related. Flashman is a 1969 novel by George MacDonald Fraser. ... The First Anglo–Afghan War lasted from 1839 to 1842. ... For other places with the same name, see Kabul (disambiguation). ... Gandamak is a village of Afghanistan, 35 miles (56 km) from Jalalabad on the road to Kabul. ... For the city in Kyrgyzstan, see Jalal-Abad. ... Royal Flash is a 1975 movie based on George MacDonald Frasers second Flashman novel, Royal Flash. ... The word pastiche describes a literary or other artistic genre. ... 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In early 2006 Fraser confirmed that he plans to write another installment of the Flashman Papers. According to Fraser, he has chosen three possible subjects to write about, though what these are he was not willing to say. This will fuel speculation among fans that he will be writing about Flash's continuing escapades in the American Civil War, the French intervention in Mexico (from which Flashman escapes at the beginning of Flashman on the March), the Franco-Prussian War or the Australian Gold Rush, all of which are mentioned in the canon. However at the Oxford Literary festival in 2006, when asked if he ever planned to document Flashman's adventures in Australia, Fraser replied that "Australia is on Flashman's CV, but I don't think I will get around to writing about it."^{[citation needed]} He estimated that it takes him roughly 3-5 months to research and write a Flashman novel. Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total... Combatants Second Mexican Empire Second French Empire United Kingdom Spain Austria-Hungary Belgium Republic of Mexico Strength 38,493 French soldiers, 7000 Austro-Hungarian volunteers, 2000 Belgian volunteers ~80,000 Casualties 6,654 French killed and wounded 12,000 Mexican killed and wounded Emperor Maximilian Napoleon III of France Ju... Combatants Second French Empire North German Confederation allied with south German states (later German Empire) Commanders Napoleon III Otto Von Bismarck, Helmuth von Moltke the Elder Strength 400,000 at the beginning of the war 1,200,000 Casualties 150,000 dead or wounded 284,000 captured 350,000 civilian... Oxford is a city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of 134,248 (2001 census). ... A literary festival, also known as a book festival or writers festival, is a regular gathering of writers and readers, typically on an annual basis in a particular city, A literary festival usually features a variety of presentations and readings by authors, as well as other events, delivered over a...

Flashman's ladies

Flashman's stories are dominated by his numerous amorous encounters. In Flashman in the Great Game while in prison he compiles a mental list of all the women he has had up to that point in his life, "not counting return engagements" and he places the figure at 478. The women he gets involved with are not window dressing against the backdrop of Flashy's life, but pivotal characters in the unpredictable twists and turns of the books. Several of them are prominent historical personages.

• Fanny Duberly (never consummated)
• Jind Kaur, Maharani of Punjab.
• Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi in Flashman in the Great Game (although it is suggested in Fraser's endnotes that a dancing girl took the rani's place, fooling Flashman).
• Lillie Langtry
• Lola Montez (Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert James) in Royal Flash.
• Narreeman, a dancing girl, Flashman's only rape victim.
• Ranavalona I, Queen of Madagascar in Flashman's Lady.
• Sonsee-Array (aka Takes-Away-Clouds-Woman), an Apache princess, daughter of Mangas Coloradas (Red Sleeves) in Flashman and the Redskins.
• Valla (Valentina), the daughter of Count Pencherjevsky in Flashman at the Charge
• Yehonala, Imperial Chinese concubine who later becomes the Dowager Empress Ci Xi of the Manchu Dynasty in Flashman and the Dragon.

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Adaptations

A script for a Flashman film adaptation was written by Frank Muir in 1969, to star John Alderton, and is mentioned in his autobiography A Kentish Lad. A film version of Royal Flash was released in 1975. It was directed by Richard Lester and starred Malcolm McDowell as Flashman, Oliver Reed as Otto von Bismarck and Alan Bates as Rudi von Sternberg. It received moderate acclaim, though most Flashy fans avoid it, as Lester chose to focus on bawdy buffoonery and slapstick and gave short shrift to the historical context of the story. Frank Muir (5 February 1920 - 2 January 1998) was an English comedy writer, radio and television personality, and raconteur. ... John Alderton (born November 27, 1940), is a popular British actor. ... Royal Flash is a 1975 movie based on George MacDonald Frasers second Flashman novel, Royal Flash. ... Royal Flash is a 1975 movie based on George MacDonald Frasers second Flashman novel, Royal Flash. ... Richard Lester (born January 19, 1932 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a UK based film director famous for his work with The Beatles. ... Malcolm McDowell (born June 13, 1943) is an English actor probably best known for his portrayal of Alex in A Clockwork Orange. ... Robert Oliver Reed (February 13, 1938 – May 2, 1999) was an English actor known for his macho image on and off screen. ... “Bismarck” redirects here. ... Alan Bates as butler in Gosford Park (2001) Sir Alan Arthur Bates CBE, (February 17, 1934 – December 27, 2003) was a British actor. ...

Fraser has said that further film adaptations of the Flashman books have not been made because he "will not let anyone else have control of the script... and that simply does not happen in Hollywood." He also points to a lack of a suitable British actor to portray Flashman; Errol Flynn was always his favourite for the role: "It wasn't just his looks and his style. He had that shifty quality." However, the suggestion of Daniel Day-Lewis struck a chord with him and he says that although "He's probably getting on a bit," he "might make a Flashman... He's big, he's got presence and he's got style." ^[2] Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn (June 20, 1909 – October 14, 1959) was an Australian film actor, most famous for his romantic swashbuckler roles in Hollywood films and his flamboyant lifestyle. ... Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957), is an Academy-Award winning and Golden Globe-award nominated actor. ...

As of January 2007, Celtic Films indicate on their website that they have a series of Flashman TV films in development. Picture Palace have announced they are currently developing Flashman at the Charge for TV[1] and that the script has been prepared by George Macdonald Fraser himself. Both companies took an extensive role in developing Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe (TV series) Flashman at the Charge is a 1973 novel by George MacDonald Fraser. ... Bernard Cornwell OBE (born February 23, 1944) is a prolific and popular English historical novelist. ... This article is about the television series. ...

Homages

• American military historian Raymond M. Saunders created an homage to the Flashman persona in a series of Fenwick Travers novels, set among the US military adventures in the Indian wars, Spanish-American war in Cuba, Boxer Rebellion in China, piracy and Muslim terrorism in the Philippines, and the creation of the Panama Canal. These novels never received the popularity or acclaim of the original Flashman.

• Peter Bowen's four-book series based on the exploits of Luther Sage "Yellowstone" Kelly is clearly influenced by Flashman. Basing his series loosely on the career of an actual frontier scout, Bowen presents Kelly as a womanizer, heavy drinker, and something of a coward. Like Flashman, Kelly is a victim of his own legend, and is often dragged into exploits against his will by actual historical personages such as U. S. Grant, Buffalo Bill Cody, and Theodore Roosevelt. Eventually he is forced to behave heroically, at times even nobly. Although the novels have a decided comic edge, there is an element of dark tragedy in them, often related to the despoiling of frontiers and the subjugation of native peoples. The books include "Yellowstone Kelly: Gentleman and Scout" (1987), "Kelly Blue" (1991, "Imperial Kelly" (1992) and "Kelly and The Three-Toed Horse"(2001.

• The noisy, boastful and sexually insatiable Lord Flashheart in the Blackadder series may be named in homage to Flashman.

• Sandy Mitchell's Warhammer 40,000 character Commissar Ciaphas Cain is based on Flashman^[3].

• Eric Nicol's Dickens of the Mounted, a fictional biography of Francis Jeffrey Dickens, the real life third son of novelist Charles Dickens who joined the North West Mounted Police in 1874, has an alternate and less than flattering take on Flashman - the book itself is something of an homage to the Flashman series.

• The adventure novel, The Peshawar Lancers by S. M. Stirling, an alternate history set in the year 2025 in Imperial India, features a Russian agent called Count Ignatieff, who bears a striking resemblance to the Count Ignatieff who appears in Flashman at the Charge and Flashman in the Great Game. It also is hinted that Flashman is an ancestor of the novel's hero.

• In comics, writer John Ostrander took Flashman as his model for his portrayal of the cowardly villain Captain Boomerang in the Suicide Squad series. In the letters page to the last issue in the seriess (66), Ostrander acknowledges this influence directly. Noticeably absent in the Captain Boomerang character is Flashman's succes with the ladies however.

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Historical characters referenced in the Flashman novels

The Flashman books are littered with references to a vast number of notable historical figures. Although many have but a brief mention, some feature prominently and are portrayed "warts-and-all". They include the following:

• Flashman
  • Thomas Hughes, Thomas Arnold, Lord Cardigan, Lord Auckland, Sir Robert Henry Sale, Paolo Di Avitabile, Willoughby Cotton, Alexander Burnes, Sher Afzul, General John Nicholson, William Hay Macnaghten, General Elphinstone, Akbar Khan, William Nott, Henry Havelock, Duke of Wellington, Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Robert E. Lee
• Royal Flash
  • Prince Edward, Lillie Langtry, Lola Montez, Otto von Bismarck, Ludwig I of Bavaria, Lord Ranelagh, John Gully, Nicholas Ward, Lord Conyngham, Richard Wagner, Franz Liszt, Oscar Wilde, Henry Irving, Karl Marx, Lord Palmerston, Anthony Hope, Viscount Peel, Jefferson Davis
• Flash for Freedom!
  • John Russell, Benjamin Disraeli, Lord George Bentinck, Henry Brougham, Thomas Babington Macaulay, John Mitchel, Fanny Locke, William Ewart Gladstone, Marquess of Lansdowne, James Brooke, King Gezo, Dahomey Amazons, Abraham Lincoln
• Flashman at the Charge
  • Prince Albert, Lord Raglan, Lord Cardigan, Lord Palmerston, George Brown, Jacques Leroy de Saint Arnaud, William Howard Russell, Louis Edward Nolan, George de Lacy Evans, François Certain Canrobert, Richard Airey, Lord Lucan, Sir Colin Campbell, James Yorke Scarlett, Nicholas Pavlovich Ignatiev, Tsar Nicholas I, Yakub Beg
• Flashman in the Great Game
  • Lord Cardigan, Florence Nightingale, Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, Lord Palmerston, Lord Ellenborough, Charles Wood, Nicholas Pavlovich Ignatiev, General John Nicholson, Rani Lakshmi Bai, Nana Sahib, Tantya Tope, Azimullah Khan, Henry Havelock, James Outram, Thomas Henry Kavanagh, Robert Napier, Colin Campbell, Sam Browne, William Howard Russell, Fred Roberts, William Stephen Raikes Hodson, Hugh Rose, Harry Hammon Lyster, Clement Walker Heneage, James Hope Grant, Lord Canning, Thomas Hughes
• Flashman's Lady
  • Fuller Pilch, Richard Harris Barham, Henry Keppel, James Brooke, Angela Burdett-Coutts, Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke, Jean Laborde, Ranavalona I, Radama II of Madagascar
• Flashman and the Redskins
  • Helen Hunt Jackson, Jim Bridger, Alexander MacKenzie, Spotted Tail, Charley Reynolds, William Bent, Ceran St. Vrain, John Joel Glanton, Mangas Coloradas, Geronimo, Kit Carson, Philip Sheridan, William Tecumseh Sherman, John Pope, George Crook, Crazy Horse, Ulysses S. Grant, William B. Allison, Alfred Terry, Red Cloud, Hamilton Fish, George Armstrong Custer, Elizabeth Bacon Custer, Thomas Custer, Boston Custer, Lawrence Barrett, Sitting Bull, William W. Belknap, Rufus Ingalls, Marcus Reno, Frederick Benteen, Myles Keogh, James Calhoun, Henry Armstrong Reed, John Gibbon, George Yates, Chief Gall, Wild Bill Hickock, Frank Grouard
• Flashman and the Dragon
  • James Hope Grant, Richard Cobden, Lord Palmerston, Frederick Townsend Ward, Hong Xiuquan, Harry Smith Parkes, John Arbuthnot Fisher, Garnet Joseph Wolseley, Charles Montauban, Lord Elgin, Li Xiucheng, Chen Yucheng, Hong Rengan, Chen Yucheng, Charles George Gordon, Dighton MacNaghton Probyn, Henry Loch, John C Heenan, Thomas Sayers, Anthony Trollope, Charles Darwin, Felice Beato, George Bernard Shaw, Prince Yi, Sushun, Xianfeng Emperor, Empress Dowager Ci'an, Empress Dowager Cixi, Tongzhi Emperor, Prince Gong
• Flashman and the Mountain of Light
  • Queen Victoria, Buffalo Bill, Abdul Karim, Ranjit Singh, Kharak Singh, Nau Nihal Singh, Sher Singh, Chand Kaur, Duleep Singh, Gulab Singh, Jind Kaur, Robert Henry Sale, Hugh Gough, Henry Hardinge, Henry Havelock, Harun al-Rashid, Josiah Harlan, Alexander Gardner, Thomas Love Peacock, Lars Porsena, Harry Smith, Henry Montgomery Lawrence, James Hope Grant, Herbert Benjamin Edwardes, Robert Napier, William Stephen Raikes Hodson, Koh-i-Noor
• Flashman and the Angel of the Lord
  • Jack Johnson, Julia Ward Howe, John Brown, Benjamin Franklin, James Outram, George Edward Grey, Moshoeshoe I, Richard Francis Burton, John Brown (servant), David Rice Atchison, Charles Sumner, Hugh Forbes, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Denmark Vesey, Nat Turner, Stephen A. Douglas, Allan Pinkerton, Richard Lyons, William H. Seward, Franklin Sanborn, William Wilberforce, Robert Marcellus Stewart, Henry David Thoreau, Henry Wilson, Samuel Gridley Howe, George Luther Stearns, John Henrie Kagi, Dangerfield Newby, Barclay Coppock, Frederick Douglass, J.E.B. Stuart, Robert E. Lee, Henry A. Wise
• Flashman and the Tiger
  • The Road to Charing Cross
    • Henri Blowitz, Ulysses S. Grant, Benjamin Disraeli, Patrice MacMahon, Otto von Bismarck, W. S. Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, Lord Salisbury, Gyula Andrássy, William Henry Waddington, Alexander Mikhailovich Gorchakov, Pyotr Andreyevich Shuvalov, Chlodwig, Prince Hohenlohe, William Tecumseh Sherman, Garnet Wolseley, Charles George Gordon, William Hicks, Muhammad Ahmad, Wilhelm I of Germany, Georges Nagelmackers, Valentine Baker, Franz Joseph I of Austria, Elisabeth of Bavaria, Maximilian I of Mexico, Lajos Kossuth, Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, Alexander II of Russia, William Ewart Gladstone, Jules Grévy, Anthony Hope, H. H. Asquith, Johann Strauss II, Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, Lord Granville
  • The Subtleties of Baccarat
    • Edward VII, William Gordon-Cumming, Arthur Knyvet Wilson, Daisy Brooke, Lillie Langtry, Alice Keppel, Madame de Pompadour, Lord Coleridge, Charles Russell, H. H. Asquith
  • Flashman and the Tiger
    • Sebastian Moran, Henry Pulleine, Lord Chelmsford, Anthony Durnford, Cetshwayo, Paul Kruger, John Chard, Gonville Bromhead, Oscar Wilde, Edward VII, George Edwardes, Mrs Patrick Campbell, Aubrey Beardsley, William Ewart Gladstone, Duchess of Connaught. Also in an unusual departure from the rest of the Flashman series, Flashman encounters the fictitious characters of Sherlock Holmes, Doctor Watson and Sebastian Moran created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
• Flashman on the March
  • Maximilian I of Mexico, Benito Juárez, Napoleon III of France, Franz Joseph I of Austria, James Bruce, Ali II of Yejju, Tewodros II of Ethiopia, Walter Plowden, Edward VII of the United Kingdom, Alexandra of Denmark, Hormuzd Rassam, Benjamin Disraeli, Prester John, G. A. Henty, Johann Ludwig Krapf, Henry Morton Stanley, Robert Napier, Yohannes IV of Ethiopia (King Kussai), Menelek II of Ethiopia, James Augustus St. John, Richard Francis Burton, Tekle Giyorgis II of Ethiopia (Gobayzy), Alexander Roberts Dunn, Charles Fraser, Queen Masteeat, Tristram Speedy

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Fuller Pilch (born March 17, 1804, Horningtoft, Norfolk - died May 1, 1870, Canterbury, Kent) was an English cricketer and the best batsman of his time. ... Richard Harris Barham (December 6, 1788 - June 17, 1845), English humourist, better known by his nom de plume of Thomas Ingolosby, was born at Canterbury. ... Sir Henry Keppel, by Max Beerbohm, 1876. ... Sir James Brooke Sir James Brooke (the most legendary person ever!!)(29 April 1803 – 11 June 1868) was born in Coombe Grove, near Bath, educated at Norwich School, England and became the first White Rajah of Sarawak. ... The Lady Burdett-Coutts Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts (24 April 1814–30 December 1906), born Angela Georgina Burdett, was the daughter of Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet, an MP, and the former Sophia Coutts, who was the daughter of Thomas Coutts, the wealthy banker who founded... Sir Charles Anthony Johnson-Brooke, by Leslie Ward, 1899. ... During then 1840s, a trained engineer named Jean Laborde was shipwrecked on the island of Madagascar and through a series of weird turns of fortune, became chief artificer to the Malagasy queen, and was granted large tracts of land and unlimited (if unskilled) labor. ... Ranavalona I Ranavalona I (c. ... Radama II (23 September 1829 - 12 May 1863) was king of Madagascar from 1861 until his assassination in 1863. ... Helen Maria Hunt Jackson (October 18, 1831-August 12, 1885) was an American writer. ... Jim Bridger Jim Bridger (right) is honored along with Pony Express founder Alexander Majors (left) and Kansas City founder John Calvin McCoy at Pioneer Square in Westport in Kansas City. ... Alexander Mackenzie, PC (January 28, 1822 – April 17, 1892), a writer, was the second Prime Minister of Canada from November 7, 1873 to October 9, 1878. ... Sinte Gleska (Spotted Tail) was a Brulé Sioux chief. ... Lonesome Charley Reynolds was a scout in the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment who was killed in the Battle of the Little Bighorn in the Montana Territory. ... Born in St. ... Ceran St. ... John Joel Glanton was a member of the US Army during the mid 1800s. ... Mangas Coloradas Mangas Coloradas or Dasoda-hae (Red Sleeves), 1793?-1863 was a famous Apache chief, a member of the Eastern Chiricahuas, whose homeland stretched west from the Rio Grande to include most of what is present-day southwestern New Mexico. ... Geronimo Geronimo (Chiricahua Goyaałé One Who Yawns; often spelled Goyathlay in English) (June 16, 1829–February 17, 1909) was a prominent Native American leader of the Chiricahua Apache who warred against the encroachment of the United States on his tribal lands and people for over 25 years. ... Kit Carson Christopher Houston Kit Carson (December 24, 1809 – May 23, 1868) was an American frontiersman. ... Philip Henry Sheridan (March 6, 1831 – August 5, 1888) was a career U.S. Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War. ... “General Sherman” redirects here. ... Major General John Pope John Pope (March 18, 1822 – September 23, 1892) was a career Army officer and general in the American Civil War. ... Portrait of George Crook George Crook (September 8, 1828 – March 21, 1890) was a career U.S. Army officer, most noted for his distinguished service during the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. ... For other uses, see Crazy Horse (disambiguation). ... Ulysses S. Grant,[2] born Hiram Ulysses Grant (April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885), was an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States (1869–1877). ... William Boyd Allison (March 2, 1829 - August 4, 1908) was an American lawyer and politician. ... Alfred Howe Terry (November 10, 1827 – December 16, 1890) was a Union general in the American Civil War and the military commander of the Dakota Territory from 1866 to 1869 and again from 1872 to 1886. ... Red Cloud Red Cloud Standing:Red Bear, Young Man Afraid of his Horse, Good Voice, Ring Thunder, Iron Crow, White Tail, Young Spotted Tail. ... Hamilton Fish Hamilton Fish, (3 August 1808–7 September 1893), born in New York City, was an American statesman who served as Governor of New York, United States Senator and United States Secretary of State. ... “Custer” redirects here. ... George and Libbie Custer Elizabeth Bacon Custer (April 8, 1842 - April 6, 1933) was the wife of General George Armstrong Custer. ... Capt. ... Boston Custer (October 31, 1848–June 26, 1876) was the younger brother of U.S. Army General George Armstrong Custer and two-time Medal of Honor winner Captain Thomas Custer. ... Lawrence Barrett (April 4, 1838 - March 20, 1891), was an American actor. ... Portrait of Sitting Bull taken in 1885 by D. F. Barry. ... William Worth Belknap (September 22, 1829 – October 13, 1890) was a United States Army general, government administrator, and United States Secretary of War. ... Rufus Ingalls (1818 - 1893) was an American general born in Maine. ... Marcus Reno Marcus Albert Reno was a career military officer in the American Civil War and in the Black Hills War against the Lakota (Sioux) and Northern Cheyenne. ... Frederick Benteen Frederick William Benteen was a military officer during the American Civil War and then during the Black Hills War against the Lakota and Northern Cheyenne. ... Myles W. Keogh Myles Walter Keogh (March 25, 1840 – June 25, 1876) was an Irish soldier who was also an American Civil War military officer and later a member of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment during the Indian Wars of the 1870s. ... James Calhoun James Calhoun was the brother-in-law to George Armstrong Custer and was killed in the Battle of the Little Bighorn with him. ... Henry Armstrong Reed Henry Armstrong Reed was the nephew of George Armstrong Custer and was killed with his uncle at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. ... John Gibbon John Gibbon (April 20, 1827 – February 6, 1896) was a career U.S. Army officer who fought in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. ... George Yates George Yates (February 26, 1843– June 25, 1876) was an officer in the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment and was killed in the Battle of the Little Bighorn. ... Gall (c. ... James Butler Hickok (May 27, 1837-August 2, 1876) better known as Wild Bill Hickok, was a semi-legendary figure in the American Wild West. ... Sir James Hope Grant (July 22, 1808 - March 7, 1875), British general, was the fifth and youngest son of Francis Grant of Kilgraston, Perthshire, and brother of Sir Francis Grant, PRA. He entered the army in 1826 as cornet in the 9th Lancers, and became lieutenant in 1828 and captain... Richard Cobden Richard Cobden (June 3, 1804 – April 2, 1865) was a British manufacturer and Radical and Liberal statesman, associated with John Bright in the formation of the Anti-Corn Law League. ... The Right Honourable Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (October 20, 1784 - October 18, 1865) was a British statesman who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid 19th century. ... Frederick Townsend Ward (1831-1862) was a sailor, mercenary and soldier of fortune famous for his military victories for Imperial China during the Taiping Rebellion. ... A statue of Hong Xiuquan Hóng Xiùquán (洪秀全, Wade-Giles: Hung Hsiu-chüan, born Hong Renkun 洪仁坤, Courtesy name Huoxiu 火秀; January 10, 1812-June 1, 1864) was a Hakka Chinese Christian who led the Taiping Rebellion and established the Heavenly Kingdom of Taiping, in which he was known... 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His career lasted from 1858 until 1863. ... Thomas Sayers, early hand-tinted photograph, circa 1860. ... Anthony Trollope (April 24, 1815 – December 6, 1882) became one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. ... For other people of the same surname, and places and things named after Charles Darwin, see Darwin. ... Felice Beato, self-portrait, c. ... George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856–2 November 1950) was an Irish dramatist, literary critic, and socialist. ... Zaiyuan (Chinese: 載垣), 6th Prince Yi (died 1861), of the Manchu imperial Aisin-Gioro clan, plotted against Empress Dowager Cixi during a power struggle in the Qing Dynasty and was sentenced to commit suicide. ... Emperor Sushun (崇峻天皇) was the 32nd imperial ruler of Japan (587-592). ... The Xianfeng Emperor, born Yizhu, (July 17, 1831 - August 22, 1861) was the eighth Emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the seventh Qing emperor to rule over China, from 1850 to 1861. ... The Empress Dowager Cian (Chinese: 慈安皇太后) 1837 - April 8, 1881, popularly known in China as the East Empress Dowager (Chinese: 东太后), before she was widowed known as Empress Zhen (Chinese: 贞皇后), and officially known posthumously as the Xiaozhen Empress (Chinese: 孝贞显皇后), was the second Empress Consort of the Xian Feng Emperor (b. ... Empress Dowager Cixi (Chinese: ; Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Tzu-Hsi Tai-hou) (November 29, 1835 – November 15, 1908), popularly known in China as the West Empress Dowager (Chinese: 西太后), was from the Manchu Yehe Nara Clan. ... The Tong Zhi Emperor, born Zai Chun (April 27, 1856–January 12, 1875) was the tenth emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the eighth Qing emperor to rule over China, from 1861 to 1875. ... Prince Gong (Chinese: 恭亲王; Wade-Giles: Prince Kung) (January 11, 1833 - May 29, 1898), commonly known in his days as the Sixth Prince (六王爺), was born Yixin (Chinese: 奕訢; Wade-Giles: I-hsin), of the Aisin-Gioro clan (the Qing Manchu imperial family ruling over China). ... “Queen Victoria” redirects here. ... Buffalo Bill Cody William Frederick Buffalo Bill Cody (February 26, 1846 – January 10, 1917) was an American soldier, bison hunter and showman. ... Portrait of the Munshi by Rudolf Swoboda Hafiz Abdul Karim CIE (1863?-1909), better known as the Munshi (teacher), was an Indian servant of Queen Victoria who gained her affection in the final fifteen years of her reign. ... Maharaja Ranjit Singh (Punjabi: ), also called Sher-e-Punjab (The Lion of the Punjab) (1780-1839) was a Sikh ruler of the Punjab. ... Kharak Singh (1801-1840) was a Sikh ruler of the sovereign country of Punjab and the Sikh Empire. ... Nau Nihal Singh (9 March 1821-6 November 1840) was a Sikh ruler of the sovereign country of Punjab and the Sikh Empire. ... Sher Singh, (Born: December 1807 - Died: 1843) was a Sikh ruler of the sovereign country of Punjab and the Sikh Empire. ... Chand Kaur mother of Nau Nihal Singh and wife of Kharak Singh and Maharani of Punjab. ... Portrait of Duleep Singh by Franz Xaver Winterhalter Duleep Singh (Lahore, 6 September 1838 - Paris, 22 October 1893) was a Sikh ruler of the sovereign country of Punjab and the Sikh Empire. ... Portrait of Gulab Singh Gulab Singh (1792-1857) was the founder and first Maharaja of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir during the British Raj in India. ... Maharani Jind Kaur (1817 - London, August 1, 1863), also popularly known as Rani Jindan, the Messalina of Punjab. ... Sir Robert Henry Sale (born 1782; died 1845) was a British soldier. ... Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough (November 3, 1779 - March 2, 1869), was a British field-marshal. ... Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge (March 30, 1785 - September 24, 1856), was a British field marshal and governor-general of India. ... Major-General Sir Henry Havelock (April 5, 1795 – November 29, 1857) was a British general who is particularly associated with India. ... Bold textItalic text == Headline text ==He was born a 4 headed man but 3 of his 4 heads died along with all but one of his 90 hearts. ... Josiah Harlan in his Afghan robes Josiah Harlan (June 12, 1799 - 1871) was an American adventurer, best known for travelling to Afghanistan and Punjab with the intention of being made king. ... Alexander Gardner (80) in his retirement Alexander Haughton Campbell Gardner (Gordana Khan) (1785 - 1877) was a soldier and mercenary. ... Thomas Love Peacock (October 18, 1785 - January 23, 1866) was an English satirist and author. ... Lars Porsena (sometimes spelled Lars Porsenna) was an Etruscan king known for his war against the city of Rome. ... Lieutenant-General Harry George Wakelyn Smith (28 June 1787-12 October 1860) was a notable English soldier and military commander of the early 19th century. ... Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence (June 28, 1806 - July 4, 1857) was a British soldier and statesman in India, who died defending Lucknow during the Indian Mutiny. ... Sir James Hope Grant (July 22, 1808 - March 7, 1875), British general, was the fifth and youngest son of Francis Grant of Kilgraston, Perthshire, and brother of Sir Francis Grant, PRA. He entered the army in 1826 as cornet in the 9th Lancers, and became lieutenant in 1828 and captain... Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes (November 12, 1819 - December 23, 1868), English soldier-statesman in India, was born at Frodesley in Shropshire. ... Robert Cornelis Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala Robert Cornelis Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala, GCB, GCSI, CIE, FRS (1810-1890), was a British soldier. ... William Stephen Raikes Hodson (March 10, 1821 - March 11, 1858), known as Hodson of Hodsons Horse, British leader of irregular light cavalry during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, third son of the Rev. ... This article is about the diamond. ... John Arthur Johnson (March 31, 1878 – June 10, 1946), better known as Jack Johnson and nicknamed the Galveston Giant, was an American boxer and arguably the best heavyweight of his generation. ... Julia Ward Howe Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 – October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet. ... John Brown, ca. ... Benjamin Franklin (January 17 [O.S. January 6] 1706 – April 17, 1790) was one of the most well known Founding Fathers of the United States. ... Sir James Outram Sir James Outram (January 29, 1803-March 11, 1863), English general, and one of the heroes of the Indian Mutiny, was the son of Benjamin Outram of Butterley Hall, Derbyshire, civil engineer. ... 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Denmark Vesey (originally Telemaque, 1767? — July 2, 1822) was an white slave, and later a minister, who planned what would have been one of the largest slave rebellions in the United States had word of the plans not been leaked. ... Nat, commonly called Nat Turner, (October 2, 1800 – November 11, 1831) was an American slave whose slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia, was the most remarkable instance of black resistance to enslavement in the antebellum southern United States. ... Stephen Arnold Douglas (nicknamed the Little Giant because he was short but was considered by many a giant in politics) was an American politician from the western state of Illinois, and was the Democratic Party nominee for President in 1860. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Richard Bickerton Pemell Lyons, 1st Viscount Lyons Richard Bickerton Pemell Lyons, 1st Viscount Lyons (26 April 1817–5 December 1887), diplomat, was born at Lymington, Hampshire, the elder son of Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons (1790-1858), naval officer and diplomat, and his wife, Augusta Louisa, née Rogers (1793... William Henry Seward, Sr. ... Franklin Benjamin Sanborn (1831–1917) was a journalist, social reformer, social scientist, and memorialist of American transcendentalism. ... William Wilberforce (24 August 1759 – 29 July 1833) was an English politician, philanthropist, and abolitionist who led the parliamentary campaign against the slave trade. ... Robert Marcellus Stewart was the Democratic Governor of Missouri from 1857 to 1861. ... Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862; born David Henry Thoreau[1]) was an American author, naturalist, transcendentalist, tax resister, development critic, and philosopher who is best known for Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay, Civil Disobedience, an argument for individual resistance... Henry Wilson Henry Wilson (February 16, 1812–November 22, 1875) was a Senator from Massachusetts and the eighteenth Vice President of the United States. ... Samuel Gridley Howe (November 10, 1801 - January 9, 1876) was a prominent 19th century United States physician, abolitionist, advocate of education for the blind, and husband of Julia Ward Howe. ... George Luther Stearns, merchant, born in Medford, Massachusetts, 8 January, 1809; died in New York, 9 April, 1867. ... John Henri Kagi was an abolitionist and associate of John Brown before the American Civil War. ... Dangerfield Newby (1815-1859) was the oldest of John Browns raiders and the first of his men to die at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. ... Barclay Coppock was a follower of John Brown, as was his brother Edwin; both participated in the raid on Harpers Ferry. ... Frederick Douglass, ca. ... James Ewell Brown Stuart (February 6, 1833 – May 12, 1864) was an American soldier from Virginia and a Confederate Army general during the American Civil War. ... // This article is about the Confederate general. ... Henry Alexander Wise (December 3, 1806–September 12, 1876) was an American statesman from Virginia. ... Henri Georges Stephane Adolphe Opper de Blowitz (28 December 1825-18 January 1903) was a Bohemian journalist. ... Ulysses S. Grant,[2] born Hiram Ulysses Grant (April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885), was an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States (1869–1877). ... Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRS (December 21, 1804 – April 19, 1881), born Benjamin DIsraeli was a British Conservative statesman and literary figure. ... Patrice de Mac-Mahon, duc de Magenta President of France, 1873-1879 Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de Mac-Mahon, duc de Magenta, Marshal of France (July 13, 1808 - October 16, 1893) was a Frenchman of Irish descent. ... “Bismarck” redirects here. ... Sir William Schwenck Gilbert Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (November 18, 1836 – May 29, 1911) was an English dramatist, librettist and illustrator best known for the fourteen comic operas produced in collaboration with the composer Sir Arthur Sullivan. ... Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan (May 13, 1842 – November 22, 1900) was an English composer best known for his operatic collaborations with librettist W. S. Gilbert. ... Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, KG, GCVO, PC (3 February 1830 – 22 August 1903), known as Lord Robert Cecil before 1865 and as Viscount Cranborne from 1865 until 1868, was a British statesman and Prime Minister on three occasions, for a total of over 13 years. ... Gyula Andrássy (by Gyula Benczúr, 1884) Gyula, Count Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka (csíkszentkirályi és krasznahorkai gróf Andrássy Gyula in Hungarian) (born Kassa, Kingdom of Hungary (now KoÅ¡ice, Slovakia), March 3, 1823 – died Volosca, February 18, 1890) was a Hungarian... William Henry Waddington, French statesman William Henry Waddington (December 11, 1826 - January 13, 1894) was a French statesman who was Prime Minister in 1879. ... Pushkins portrait of Alexander Gorchakov Alexander Mikhailovich Gorchakov (1798–1883) was a Russian statesman from the Gorchakov princely family. ... Count Pyotr Andreyevich Shuvalov (граф Пётр Андреевич Шувалов) (1827 - 1889), Russian statesman and a counselor to Tsar Alexander II, General of the Cavalry (1972, a full General equivalent). ... Chlodwig Karl Victor Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (31 March 1819 – 6 July 1901) was a German statesman and Chancellor of Germany. ... “General Sherman” redirects here. ... Field Marshal Lord Wolseley The Right Honourable Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley (4 June 1833–25 March 1913) was a British Field Marshal. ... Chinese Gordon as Governor of Sudan Major-General Charles George Gordon, CB (28 January 1833 – 26 January 1885), known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, and Gordon of Khartoum, was a British army officer and administrator. ... William Hicks (als known as Hicks Pascha, 1830 - 1883), British soldier, entered the Bombay army in 1849, and served through the Indian mutiny, being mentioned in despatches for good conduct at the action of Sitka Ghaut in 1859. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Wilhelm I of Germany (March 22, 1797 – March 9, 1888), German Emperor (Kaiser), ruled January 18, 1871 – 9 March 1888 and King of Prussia, ruled 2 January 1861 – 9 March 1888. ... Georges Nagelmackers (born 1845 in Liège, Belgium, and died 1905) was the founder of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits, the company known for the Orient Express trains. ... Valentine Baker (1827—1887), British soldier, was a younger brother of Sir Samuel Baker. ... Franz Joseph I (in Hungarian I. Ferenc József, in English Francis Joseph I) (August 18, 1830 – November 21, 1916) of the Habsburg Dynasty was Emperor of Austria, Apostolic King of Hungary, King of Bohemia from 1848 until 1916 and a German prince (Deutscher Fürst). ... Elisabeth in a riding habit, from Vanity Fair, 1884. ... 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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins (February 9, 1863 _ July 8, 1933), better known as Anthony Hope was a British novelist, best remembered today for his short novel The Prisoner of Zenda (1894, set in the fictional kingdom of Ruritania, a prequel The Heart of Princess Osra (a collection of short... Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, KG, PC (12 September 1852 – 15 February 1928) served as the Liberal Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916. ... Johann Strauss II The Waltz King coming to life in the Stadtpark, Vienna Johann Strauss II (in German: Johann Strauß (Sohn), Johann Strauss (son); in English also Johann Strauss the Younger, Johann Strauss Jr. ... Prince George, 2nd Duke of Cambridge Prince George, Duke of Cambridge (26 March 1819 – 17 March 1904), was a member of the British Royal Family, a male-line grandson of King George III. The Duke was an army officer and served as commander-in-chief of the British Army from... 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References

1. ^ Gen. Sir Harry Flashman And Aide Con the Experts, by Alden Whitman, The New York Times, July 29, 1969
2. ^ Flash man by Saul David, The Daily Telegraph, 16 April 2006
3. ^ Mitchell, Sandy (2007-04-30). Ciaphas Cain, Hero of the Imperium. The Black Library. ISBN 978-1844164660. 

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External links

• The Flashman Society
• Big George interviews George MacDonald Fraser - Interviewed by George Webley
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