Cover of Flashman (1990s printing)

Brigadier-General Sir Harry Paget Flashman VC KCB KCIE (5 May 1822 – 1915) is a fictional character created by George MacDonald Fraser, but based on the character "Flashman" originally created by the author Thomas Hughes in his semi-autobiographical work Tom Brown's Schooldays, first published in 1857. Brigadier General is the lowest ranking General Officer in some countries usually sitting between the ranks of Colonel and Major General. See below the section "Separate Commonwealth awards" Note that since The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (formerly The Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath) is a British Order of chivalry founded by George The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire is an order of Chivalry founded by Victoria in 1878 Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John Year 1822 (MDCCCXXII was a Common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Sunday of the Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year George MacDonald Fraser, OBE (2 April 1925 &ndash 2 January 2008 was a British Author of both Historical novels and Non-fiction books Thomas Hughes ( October 20, 1822 – March 22, 1896) was an English lawyer and author Tom Brown's Schooldays is a novel by Thomas Hughes first published in 1857 Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the The book is set at Rugby School, where Flashman is a notorious bully who persecutes its eponymous hero, Tom Brown. Rugby School, located in the town of Rugby, Warwickshire, is a Co-educational Boarding school and one of the oldest public schools Bullying is the act of intentionally causing harm to others through verbal Harassment, physical Assault, or other more subtle methods of Coercion Tom Brown is a fictional character created by the author Thomas Hughes in his semi-autobiographical work Tom Brown's Schooldays, first published in 1857 In Hughes' book, Flashman is finally expelled for drunkenness.

Twentieth 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 experiences many 19th century wars and adventures. Bullying is the act of intentionally causing harm to others through verbal Harassment, physical Assault, or other more subtle methods of Coercion Flashman — a self-described and unapologetic 'cad'— frequently 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 era.

Origins of the character

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. Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John

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". The United States of America —commonly referred to as the His father is a dissolute ex-member of Parliament, who is "not quite the thing in society". The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords As Flashman says, quoting Grenville, "the coarse streak showed through, generation after generation, like dung beneath a rosebush. George Grenville (14 October 1712 &ndash 13 November 1770 was a British Whig statesman who served in government " Flashman's tastes in recreational activities, etc. , reflect his father's heritage, but--as 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.

Style and layout of the stories

The series is a classic use of false documents. A false document is a form of Verisimilitude that attempts to create a sense of authenticity beyond the normal and expected Suspension of disbelief for a Work The books describe the discovery of the nonagenarian General Flashman's memoirs in a Leicestershire saleroom in 1965. Ageing or aging (American English is the accumulation of changes in an organism Leicestershire (ˈlɛstəʃə(r or ˈlɛstəʃɪə(r abbreviation Leics Posing as the editor of the papers, Fraser produces a series of historical novels that give a largely picaresque (or arguably cynical) description of the history of the British and American history during the 19th century. An historical novel is a Novel in which the story is set among historical events or more generally in which the time of the action predates the lifetime of the Author The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Dozens of major and minor characters from history occur in the books, often described in an inglorious or hypocritical guise. 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. Sherlock Holmes is a famous fictional detective of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who first appeared in Publication in 1887 Tom Brown's Schooldays is a novel by Thomas Hughes first published in 1857 Tom Brown at Oxford

Fraser's research is considerable. 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 escapades in the Old West. Thomas Berger may refer to Thomas Berger (novelist (b 1924 American author Thomas R Little Big Man is a 1970 film directed by Arthur Penn and based on the 1964 novel by Thomas Berger. 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. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30 1835 – April 21 1910 better known by the Pen name Mark Twain, was an American Humorist, satirist "Luck" is an 1886 Short story by Mark Twain which was first published in 1891 in Harper's 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]

For the purposes of American publication, Fraser created a fictional entry of the 1909 edition of Who's Who. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the 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. See below the section "Separate Commonwealth awards" Note that since The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (formerly The Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath) is a British Order of chivalry founded by George The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire is an order of Chivalry founded by Victoria in 1878 The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. 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. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South (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. Flashman and the Redskins is a 1982 Novel by George MacDonald Fraser. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Ulysses S Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant (April 27 1822 &ndash July 23 1885 was an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States )

Flashman the man

Harry Paget Flashman describes 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). The stone is a unit of Weight. It is part of the Imperial system of weights and measures used in the British Isles, and formerly used in most 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. A sycophant (from the Greek συκοφάντης sykophántēs) is a Servile person who acting in his or her own self interest attempts to win favor His other gift was his success with women. The list of his sexual conquests (see below) is long (apparently up to 478 at about halfway through his life (whilst languishing in a Gwalior dungeon during Flashman and the Great Game he counts them) 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. Bullying is the act of intentionally causing harm to others through verbal Harassment, physical Assault, or other more subtle methods of Coercion

After his expulsion from Rugby for drunkenness (from the original novel by Hughes), Flashman looked for a way to an easy life. Rugby School, located in the town of Rugby, Warwickshire, is a Co-educational Boarding school and one of the oldest public schools 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. Lieutenant General James Thomas Brudenell 7th Earl of Cardigan, KCB (16 October 1797 &ndash 28 March 1868 commanded the Light Brigade of the British Army during The Charge of the Light Brigade was a disastrous Cavalry charge led by Lord Cardigan during the Battle of Balaclava on 25 October India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Flashman threw himself into the social life that the 11th offered and became a leading light of Canterbury society. Canterbury ( ˈkæntəbɹ̩i is a City in eastern Kent in the South East region of England.

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. As practiced from the 11th to 20th centuries in Western societies a duel is an engagement in combat between two individuals with matched weapons in accordance with their combat Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. 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. A shotgun wedding is a Wedding that is arranged to avoid embarrassment due to an unplanned Pregnancy, rather than out of the desire of the participants This he did in Afghanistan, unwittingly becoming a hero by being known as the defender and surviving officer of Piper's Fort. Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, 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.

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, though desperately.

Flashman stories

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. Flashman is a 1969 Novel by George MacDonald Fraser. It is the first of the Flashman novels The First Anglo–Afghan War lasted from 1839 to 1842 It was one of the first major conflicts during The Great Game, the 19th century competition for power and influence in } Kābul ( Persian and Pashto: کابل, IPA:) is the Capital and largest city of Afghanistan, with Gandamak is a village of Afghanistan, 35 miles (56 km from Jalalabad on the old road to Kabul. Jalalabad (Jalalkot ( Pashto: جلالکوټ، جلال اباد) is a city in eastern Afghanistan.
• Royal Flash (1970) — a pastiche of Anthony Hope's The Prisoner of Zenda set during the European Revolutions of 1848. Royal Flash is a 1970 Novel by George MacDonald Fraser. It is the second of the Flashman novels The word pastiche describes a literary or other artistic Genre. Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933 was an English novelist and playwright The Prisoner of Zenda is an Adventure novel by Anthony Hope, published in 1894. The European Revolutions of 1848, known in some countries as the Spring of Nations or the Year of Revolution, were a series of political upheavals throughout the European The story features Lola Montez and Otto von Bismarck as major characters, and fictionalizes elements of the Schleswig-Holstein Question, 1843, 1847 and 1848. Eliza Rosanna Gilbert ( February 17, 1821 &ndash January 17, 1861) better known by the stage name Lola Montez, was an Irish Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen Duke of Lauenburg Prince of Bismarck ( April 1, 1815 July 30, 1898) The Schleswig-Holstein Question was the name given to the whole complex of diplomatic and other issues arising in the 19th century out of the relations of the two duchies Schleswig 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. Flash for Freedom! is a 1971 Novel by George MacDonald Fraser. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South As a social-economic system slavery is a legal institution under which a Person (called "a slave" is compelled to work for another The Underground Railroad was an informal network of secret routes and Safe houses used by 19th century Black slaves in the United States The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
• Flashman at the Charge (1973) — the Crimean War's Charge of the Light Brigade and Tuva, 1854. Flashman at the Charge is a 1973 Novel by George MacDonald Fraser. The Crimean War, also known in Russia as the Eastern War (Восточная война Vostochnaya Vojna) (March 1854–February 1856 was fought The Charge of the Light Brigade was a disastrous Cavalry charge led by Lord Cardigan during the Battle of Balaclava on 25 October Tyva Republic (Респу́блика Тыва́ Respublika Tyva, rʲɪˈspublʲɪkə tɨˈva Тыва Республика Tyva Respublika) or Tuva
• Flashman in the Great Game (1975) — the Indian Mutiny, the Rani of Jhansi, Lord Palmerston, Thomas Henry Kavanagh 1856–1858. Flashman in the Great Game is a 1975 Novel by George MacDonald Fraser. The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began as a mutiny of Sepoys of British East India Company 's army on the 10th of May 1857 in the town of Meerut, Lakshmibai The Rani of Jhansi (c 1828 – 17 June 1858) ( Hindi - झाँसी की रानी Marathi "Lord Palmerston" and "Henry Temple" redirect here Thomas Henry Kavanagh VC (born Mullingar, County Westmeath, 15 July, 1821 — 11 November, 1882) was an Irish 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. See below the section "Separate Commonwealth awards" Note that since Knight is the English term for a social position originating in the Middle Ages. Tom Brown's Schooldays is a novel by Thomas Hughes first published in 1857
• 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. Flashman's Lady is a 1977 Novel by George MacDonald Fraser. It is the sixth of the Flashman novels Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries James The Rajah of Sarawak (born James Brooke; 29 April 1803 – 11 June 1868) was the first White Rajah of Borneo is the third largest island in the world and is located at the centre of Maritime Southeast Asia. Ranavalona I ( born Rabodoandrianampoinimerina (Ramavo; c 1782 – August 15, 1861 Antananarivo) was a Merina Queen of Madagascar, or Republic of Madagascar (older name Malagasy Republic) is an Island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern 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 Redskins is a 1982 Novel by George MacDonald Fraser. The California Gold Rush (1848&ndash1855 began on January 24 1848 when Gold was discovered by James Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California The Battle of the Little Bighorn &mdashalso known as Custer's Last Stand, and in the parlance of the relevant Native Americans, the Battle of the Greasy Grass
• Flashman and the Dragon (1985) — China, Second Opium War and Taiping Rebellion, 1860. Flashman and the Dragon is a 1985 Novel by George MacDonald Fraser. The Second Opium War, the Second Anglo-Chinese War, the Arrow War, or the Anglo-French expedition to China, was a war of the United Kingdom The Taiping Rebellion or Rebellion of Great Peace was a large-scale Revolt against the authority and forces of the Qing Government in China
• Flashman and the Mountain of Light (1990) — India: the First Anglo-Sikh War, 1845 and 1846. Flashman and the Mountain of Light is a 1990 Novel by George MacDonald Fraser. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country The First Anglo-Sikh War was fought between the Sikh Empire and the British East India Company between 1845 and 1846 Capture of the Koh-i-Noor diamond. This article is about the Diamond. For the film see Kohinoor.
• Flashman and the Angel of the Lord (1994) — United States: John Brown and the Harper's Ferry Raid, 1858 and 1859. Flashman and the Angel of the Lord is a 1994 Novel by George MacDonald Fraser. John Brown (May 9 1800 December 2 1859 was an American Abolitionist who advocated and practiced armed Insurrection as a means to end all Slavery Harpers Ferry redirects here For other uses see Harpers Ferry (disambiguation.
• Flashman and the Tiger (1999) incorporating:
  • The Road to Charing Cross — the Congress of Berlin and the Emperor Franz Josef, 1877–1878. Flashman and the Tiger is a 1999 book by George MacDonald Fraser. See also Berlin Conference (1884-85 re Africa and Berlin Conference of 1954 (Cold War Franz Joseph I Karl (- German, in English Francis Joseph I Charles, see the name in other languages) (18 August 1830 &ndash 21 November
  • The Subtleties of Baccarat — the Royal Baccarat Scandal, 1890 and 1891. The Royal Baccarat Scandal, also known as the Tranby Croft scandal, was an English gambling scandal of the late nineteenth century involving the future King Edward
  • 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. Rorke's Drift was a mission station in Natal, South Africa, situated near a natural ford (drift on the Buffalo River at. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930 was an Anglo-Scottish Author most noted for his stories about the The Adventure of the Empty House, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle Flashman meets the villainous Colonel Sebastian "Tiger Jack" Moran. Colonel Sebastian Moran is a fictional character the villain of the Sherlock Holmes short story The Adventure of the Empty House.
• 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 on the March is a 2005 Novel by George MacDonald Fraser. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page

Flashman also plays a small part in Fraser's novel Mr American (1980). Mr American is a 1980 Novel by George MacDonald Fraser. Plot summary Mark Franklin arrives on the Mauretania His father, Harry Buckley Flashman, has a similar cameo appearance in Black Ajax (1997). A cameo role or cameo appearance (often shortened to just cameo) is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the Performing arts, such as At one point, it is also mentioned that a member of the Flashman family was present at the Battle of Culloden, 1746. The Battle of Culloden (Blàr Chùil Lodair (16 April 1746 was the final clash between the French-supported Jacobites and the Hanoverian Fraser has confirmed that Flashman died in 1915 but the circumstances of his death have never been related.

In early 2006 Fraser confirmed that he planned to write another installment of the Flashman Papers. According to Fraser, he had chosen three possible subjects to write about, though what these are he was not willing to say. 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. Oxford is currently bidding for the 2010 Wikimania Conference Oxford () is a city, and the County town of Oxfordshire, 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 " He estimated that it took him roughly three to five months to research and write a Flashman novel.

Fraser died of cancer on 2 January 2008. ^[2]

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. Several of them are prominent historical personages. 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.

• Fanny Duberly (never consummated)
• Jind Kaur, Maharani of Punjab. Fanny Duberly was an adventurous soldier’s wife from the Crimean War and Sepoy Mutiny. Maharani Jind Kaur (1817 - London, August 1 1863) also popularly known as Rani Jindan or '"Jind Kaur"' the Messalina of Punjab ( ਪੰਜਾਬ پنجاب, पंजाब پنجاب also Panjab (پنجاب meaning "Land of the Five Rivers") (c
• 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). Lakshmibai The Rani of Jhansi (c 1828 – 17 June 1858) ( Hindi - झाँसी की रानी Marathi Jhansi ( Urdu: جھانسی Hindi: झांसी Marathi:झाशी is a city of Uttar Pradesh state of northern India.
• Lillie Langtry
• Lola Montez (Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert James) in Royal Flash. Lillie Langtry ( 13 October 1853 &ndash 12 February 1929) born Emilie Charlotte Le Breton, was a highly successful British Eliza Rosanna Gilbert ( February 17, 1821 &ndash January 17, 1861) better known by the stage name Lola Montez, was an Irish
• Narreeman, a dancing girl. Narreeman is a fictional character in Flashman, a Historical novel by George MacDonald Fraser.
• Ranavalona I, Queen of Madagascar in Flashman's Lady. Ranavalona I ( born Rabodoandrianampoinimerina (Ramavo; c 1782 – August 15, 1861 Antananarivo) was a Merina Queen of Madagascar, or Republic of Madagascar (older name Malagasy Republic) is an Island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern
• Sonsee-Array (aka Takes-Away-Clouds-Woman), an Apache princess, daughter of Mangas Coloradas in Flashman and the Redskins. Mangas Coloradas or Dasoda-hae (known as Red Sleeves) (c1793 - January 18, 1863) was an Apache tribal chief and a member of the Eastern
• 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. Flashman at the Charge is a 1973 Novel by George MacDonald Fraser. Empress Dowager Cixi 1 ( ( November 29 1835 – November 15 1908) popularly known in China as the Empress Dowager ( Chinese: 皇太后 Chinese, Korean Pronunciation: Hwang Tae Hu Japanese Pronunciation: Kōtaigō Vietnamese Pronunciation Empress Dowager Cixi 1 ( ( November 29 1835 – November 15 1908) popularly known in China as the Not to be confused with Qin Dynasty, the first dynasty of Imperial China

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. Frank Herbert Muir (5 February 1920 - 2 January 1998 was an English Comedy writer radio and television personality and raconteur John Alderton (born 27 November 1940) is an English Actor who is best known for his roles in Upstairs Downstairs, A film version of Royal Flash was released in 1975. Royal Flash is a 1975 Film based on George MacDonald Fraser 's second Flashman novel Royal Flash. Royal Flash is a 1970 Novel by George MacDonald Fraser. It is the second of the Flashman novels 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. Richard Lester (born January 19, 1932) is a British -based Film director famous for his work with The Beatles in the 1960s Malcolm McDowell (born Malcolm John Taylor; 13 June 1943 is an English Actor. Robert Oliver Reed (13 February 1938 &ndash 2 May 1999 was an English Actor known for his burly screen presence Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen Duke of Lauenburg Prince of Bismarck ( April 1, 1815 July 30, 1898) Sir Alan Arthur Bates CBE (17 February 1934 – 27 December 2003 was a British Actor. It received moderate acclaim, though most fans of the series avoid it, as Lester chose to focus on bawdy buffoonery and slapstick and gave short shrift to the historical context of the story.

Fraser 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 pointed 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. Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn ( June 20, 1909 &ndash October 14, 1959) was an Australian Film Actor, most 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. Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957 is an English actor . . He's big, he's got presence and he's got style. "^[3]

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. Flashman at the Charge is a 1973 Novel by George MacDonald Fraser. Both companies took an extensive role in developing Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe (TV series). Bernard Cornwell OBE (born February 23, 1944) is a prolific and popular English Historical novelist He is best known for his Sharpe is a British series of Television dramas about Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier in the Napoleonic Wars. Recent rumours suggest that James Purefoy, (Mark Antony in the recent BBC / HBO series Rome), has provisionally accepted an offer to play Flashman. This is still unconfirmed as of June 2007.

Playwright Patrick Rayner wrote the radio play adaptation Flashman at the Charge which was broadcast in 2005^[4] and again in 2008 on BBC Radio 4. Radio drama is a form of audio storytelling broadcast on radio. Flashman at the Charge is a 1973 Novel by George MacDonald Fraser. ^[5]

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).

• Sandy Mitchell's Warhammer 40,000 character Commissar Ciaphas Cain is partially inspired by Flashman. Alex Stewart is a British writer who also goes by the pseudonym Sandy Mitchell, best known for his Warhammer and Warhammer 40000 novels including Warhammer 40000 (informally known as Warhammer 40K or just 40K) is a tabletop miniature wargame in a Science Ciaphas Cain is a character in the fictional Warhammer 40000 universe an Imperial Commissar of the Imperial Guard. ^[6]

• 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. Francis Jeffrey Dickens, ( 15 January 1844 &ndash 11 June 1886) was the third son of Victorian novelist Charles Dickens and his wife

• 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. The Peshawar Lancers is an Alternate history, Steampunk, Post-apocalyptic fiction adventure novel by S Stephen Michael Stirling is a French -born Canadian - American Science fiction and Fantasy author Alternate history or alternative history is a subgenre of Speculative fiction (or Science fiction) and Historical fiction 2025 ( MMXXV) will be a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian Calendar. Count Nikolai Pavlovich Ignatiev (Николай Павлович Игнатьев ( 17 January Old Style ( 29 January on Western calendar Flashman at the Charge is a 1973 Novel by George MacDonald Fraser. Flashman in the Great Game is a 1975 Novel by George MacDonald Fraser. 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. Comics (via Latin from the Greek "" kōmikos, of or pertaining to "comedy" from kōmos "revel" John Ostrander (born April 20, 1949) is an American Writer of Comic books Originally an actor in a Chicago Theatre Captain Boomerang (George "Digger" Harkness is a Fictional character in the. The Suicide Squad is a name for two fictional organizations in DC Comics Universe. In the letters page to the last issue in the series (66), Ostrander acknowledges this influence directly. Noticeably absent in the Captain Boomerang character is Flashman's success with the ladies however.

• Flashman is briefly mentioned as being a dishonorable officer in Kim Newman's crossover novel The Bloody Red Baron. Kim Newman (born July 31, 1959) is an English journalist, film critic, and Fiction Writer. The Bloody Red Baron is a 1995 novel by British author Kim Newman.

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, Richens Lacey Wootton
• 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, 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, Sir Richard Francis Burton, 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
    • 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. Thomas Hughes ( October 20, 1822 – March 22, 1896) was an English lawyer and author Thomas Arnold ( 13 June 1795 &ndash 12 June 1842) was a British schoolmaster and historian head of Rugby School from 1828 Lieutenant General James Thomas Brudenell 7th Earl of Cardigan, KCB (16 October 1797 &ndash 28 March 1868 commanded the Light Brigade of the British Army during George Eden 1st Earl of Auckland, GCB (25 August 1784 &ndash 1 January 1849 served as a Politician in the United Kingdom and as Governor-General Sir Robert Henry Sale GCB (1782–1845 was a British Soldier. General Paolo Bartolomeo Avitabile ( Abu Tabela) ( 25 October 1791 - 28 March 1850) was an Italian soldier mercenary Captain Sir Alexander Burnes (16 May 1805 &ndash 2 November 1841 was a British traveller and explorer who took part in The Great Game. John Nicholson ( December 11, 1822 – September 23, 1857) was a Victorian era military officer known for his role in the British William Hay Macnaghten, 1st Baronet ( 24 August, 1793 &ndash December 23, 1841) was an Anglo-Indian Civil servant, whose murder marked Major-General William George Keith Elphinstone, CB, (1782&ndash April 23 1842) was an officer of the British Army during the 19th Mohammad Akbar Khan (1813-1845 was an Afghan Prince general and tribal leader Sir William Nott GCB ( 1782 - January 1, 1845) was a British military leader Major-General Sir Henry Havelock, KCB ( April 5 1795 – November 29, 1857) was a British general who is particularly Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, KP, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS ( c Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901 was from 20 June 1837 the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Robert Edward Lee (January 19 1807 &ndash October 12 1870 was a career United States Army officer, an Engineer, and among the most celebrated Lillie Langtry ( 13 October 1853 &ndash 12 February 1929) born Emilie Charlotte Le Breton, was a highly successful British Eliza Rosanna Gilbert ( February 17, 1821 &ndash January 17, 1861) better known by the stage name Lola Montez, was an Irish Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen Duke of Lauenburg Prince of Bismarck ( April 1, 1815 July 30, 1898) Ludwig I (also rendered in English as Louis I) ( August 25 1786 in Strasbourg &ndash February 29, 1868 in Nice John Gully ( 21 August 1783 &ndash 9 March 1863) English sportsman and politician was born at Wick near Bath, the son of an Nicholas Ward often known as Nick Ward ( April 1 1811 &ndash February 17 1850) was an English bare-knuckle fighter Francis Nathaniel Conyngham 2nd Marquess Conyngham, KP, GCH, PC ( 11 June 1797 &ndash 17 July 1879) styled Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900 was an Irish Playwright, Novelist, poet and Author of Sir Henry Irving ( February 6 1838 &ndash October 13 1905) born John Henry Brodribb was an English stage actor in the Victorian era "Lord Palmerston" and "Henry Temple" redirect here Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933 was an English novelist and playwright Arthur Wellesley Peel 1st Viscount Peel, PC ( 3 August, 1829 &ndash 24 October, 1912) was a British politician Jefferson Finis Davis ( June 3, 1808 &ndash December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as President of the John Russell 1st Earl Russell, KG, GCMG, PC (18 August 1792 &ndash 28 May 1878 known as Lord John Russell before 1861 was an English Benjamin Disraeli 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRS (born Benjamin D'Israeli; 21 December 1804 &ndash 19 April 1881 was Lord (William George Frederick Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck ( 27 February 1802 &ndash 21 September 1848) better known as simply Lord George Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778 - 1868 was a British Statesman who became Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom John Mitchel ( Irish: Seán Mistéil; b November 3, 1815 &ndash d Fanny Duberly was an adventurous soldier’s wife from the Crimean War and Sepoy Mutiny. Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne KG, PC, FRS ( 2 July 1780 – 31 January 1863) James The Rajah of Sarawak (born James Brooke; 29 April 1803 – 11 June 1868) was the first White Rajah of Ghezo was the ninth King of Dahomey (now Benin) considered one of the greatest of the twelve historical kings The Dahomey Amazons or Mino were a Fon all-female military regiment of the Kingdom of Dahomey (now Benin) which lasted until end of the 19th Abraham Lincoln (February 12 1809 &ndash April 15 1865 the sixteenth President of the United States, successfully led his country through its greatest internal Field Marshal FitzRoy James Henry Somerset 1st Baron Raglan, GCB, PC ( 30 September 1788 &ndash 28 June 1855) Lieutenant General James Thomas Brudenell 7th Earl of Cardigan, KCB (16 October 1797 &ndash 28 March 1868 commanded the Light Brigade of the British Army during "Lord Palmerston" and "Henry Temple" redirect here For others of this name see George Brown (disambiguation page Armand-Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud ( August 20, 1801 - September 29, 1854) was a French soldier and Marshal of France William Howard Russell ( 28 March, 1821 - 11 February, 1907) was an Irish reporter with The Times, and is considered Louis Edward Nolan (1818&ndash1854 was a British Army officer an authority on Cavalry tactics best known for his controversial role in launching the disastrous Sir George de Lacy Evans GCB (1787 &ndash 9 January 1870) was a British Army general who served in four of the United Kingdom's François Certain Canrobert ( June 27, 1809 - January 28, 1895) was a Marshal of France. Richard Airey 1st Baron Airey GCB (1803&ndash1881 was a British General, the son of Lieutenant-General Sir George Airey (1761&ndash1833 Field Marshal George Charles Bingham 3rd Earl of Lucan, GCB ( 16 April 1800 &ndash 10 November 1888) styled Lord Field Marshal Colin Campbell 1st Baron Clyde, GCB, KSI ( October 20, 1792 &ndash August 14, 1863) was a General Sir James Yorke Scarlett, GCB, (1799-1871 was the son of the 1st Baron Abinger, was a British general and hero of the Crimean Count Nikolai Pavlovich Ignatiev (Николай Павлович Игнатьев ( 17 January Old Style ( 29 January on Western calendar Muhammad Yaqub Bek (1820 – May 30, 1877) ( Uzbek:Муҳаммад Яқуб Бек was an Uzbek adventurer who became head of the kingdom Lieutenant General James Thomas Brudenell 7th Earl of Cardigan, KCB (16 October 1797 &ndash 28 March 1868 commanded the Light Brigade of the British Army during Florence Nightingale, OM, RRC (in her own pronunciation ˈflɒɾəns ˈnaɪtɪŋgeɪl 12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910 who came to be known as "The Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901 was from 20 June 1837 the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland "Lord Palmerston" and "Henry Temple" redirect here Edward Law 1st Earl of Ellenborough ( September 8, 1790 - December 22, 1871) was a British politician Charles Wood 1st Viscount Halifax ( December 20 1800 &ndash August 8 1885) known between 1846 and 1866 as Sir Charles Wood Bt Count Nikolai Pavlovich Ignatiev (Николай Павлович Игнатьев ( 17 January Old Style ( 29 January on Western calendar John Nicholson ( December 11, 1822 – September 23, 1857) was a Victorian era military officer known for his role in the British Lakshmibai The Rani of Jhansi (c 1828 – 17 June 1858) ( Hindi - झाँसी की रानी Marathi Nana Sahib (born 1824 born as Dhondu Pant, was an Indian leader during the rebellion of 1857. Ram Chandra Pandurang Tope (1814 - 1859 also known as Tatya Tope (pronounced Toh-pey was an Indian leader in the Indian Mutiny of 1857. Azimullah Khan Yusufzai (1830-1858 also known as Dewan Azimullah Khan or Krantidoot Azimullah Khan was initially appointed Secretary and later Prime Minister (hence Major-General Sir Henry Havelock, KCB ( April 5 1795 – November 29, 1857) was a British general who is particularly Sir James Outram 1st Baronet GCB KSI ( January 29 1803 - March 11 1863) was an English general who fought in the Thomas Henry Kavanagh VC (born Mullingar, County Westmeath, 15 July, 1821 — 11 November, 1882) was an Irish Field Marshal Robert Cornelis Napier 1st Baron Napier of Magdala, GCB, GCSI, CIE, FRS ( 6 December 1810 – Field Marshal Colin Campbell 1st Baron Clyde, GCB, KSI ( October 20, 1792 &ndash August 14, 1863) was a General Sir Samuel James Browne VC GCB KCSI ( 3 October 1824 - 14 March 1901) was a British Indian William Howard Russell ( 28 March, 1821 - 11 February, 1907) was an Irish reporter with The Times, and is considered Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts 1st Earl Roberts, VC, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, PC Brevet Major William Stephen Raikes Hodson ( March 10, 1821 - March 11, 1858) was the British leader of irregular light cavalry during Field Marshal Hugh Henry Rose 1st Baron Strathnairn, GCB. GCSI, ( April 6, 1801 &ndash October 16, 1885) was Lieutenant General Harry Hammon Lyster VC, CB ( December 24, 1830 - February 1, 1922) was born Blackrock Clement Walker Heneage VC (6 March 1831- 9 December 1901 was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry Sir James Hope Grant GCB ( July 22, 1808 &ndash March 7, 1875) British general was the fifth and youngest son of Charles John Canning 1st Earl Canning KG, GCB, GCSI, PC ( 14 December 1812 &ndash 17 June 1862) known Thomas Hughes ( October 20, 1822 – March 22, 1896) was an English lawyer and author Fuller Pilch ( March 17, 1804, Horningtoft, Norfolk - May 1, 1870, Canterbury, Kent) was an English Richard Harris Barham ( December 6, 1788 &ndash June 17, 1845) was an English novelist humorous poet and priest in the Church Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Keppel, GCB, OM ( 14 June 1809 &ndash 17 January 1904) was a British James The Rajah of Sarawak (born James Brooke; 29 April 1803 – 11 June 1868) was the first White Rajah of Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts ( 24 April 1814 &ndash 30 December 1906) born Angela Georgina Burdett Charles The Rajah of Sarawak GCMG ( Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke) ( June 3 1829 – May 17 1917) born Charles Jean Laborde ( 16 October 1805 in Auch - 27 December 1878 in Madagascar) was an Adventurer and early Ranavalona I ( born Rabodoandrianampoinimerina (Ramavo; c 1782 – August 15, 1861 Antananarivo) was a Merina Queen of Radama II ( 23 September 1829 &ndash 12 May 1863) was king of the Merina Kingdom which controlled nearly all the island of Helen Maria Hunt Jackson ( October 18, 1830 - August 12, 1885) was an American Writer best known as the author of James or Jim Bridger (March 1804 &ndash July 17 1881 was among the foremost mountain men, trappers scouts and guides who explored and trapped the Western Sir Alexander Mackenzie (Alasdair MacCoinnich 1764 - March 12, 1820) was a Scottish-Canadian explorer. 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Mangas Coloradas or Dasoda-hae (known as Red Sleeves) (c1793 - January 18, 1863) was an Apache tribal chief and a member of the Eastern Geronimo ( Chiricahua: Goyaałé, "one who yawns" often spelled Goyathlay or Goyahkla in English ( June 16 1829 Christopher Houston "Kit" Carson ( December 24, 1809 &ndash May 23, 1868) was an American Frontiersman Philip Henry Sheridan (March 6 1831 &ndash August 5 1888 was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War John Pope ( March 16, 1822 &ndash September 23, 1892) was a career United States Army officer and Union general in George Crook ( September 8, 1828 &ndash March 21, 1890) was a career United States Army officer most noted for his distinguished Crazy Horse ( Lakota: Thašuŋka Witko, literally "His-Horse-is-Crazy" (ca Ulysses S Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant (April 27 1822 &ndash July 23 1885 was an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States William Boyd Allison ( March 2, 1829 &ndash August 4, 1908) was an American Lawyer and Politician. Alfred Howe Terry (November 10 1827 &ndash December 16 1890 was a Union general in the American Civil War and the military commander of the Dakota Territory Red Cloud ( Lakota: Makhpiya Luta) (1822? &ndash December 10, 1909) was a war leader of the Oglala Lakota ( Sioux See Hamilton Fish (disambiguation for others with the same name Hamilton Fish ( August 3, 1808 September 7, Elizabeth Bacon Custer ( April 8, 1842 - April 6, 1933) was the wife of General George Armstrong Custer. Thomas Ward Custer (March 15 1845 &ndash June 25 1876 was a United States Army officer and two-time recipient of the Medal of Honor for bravery during the Boston Custer ( October 31, 1848 &ndash June 25, 1876) was the youngest brother of U Lawrence Barrett ( April 4 1838 - March 20 1891) was an American stage Actor. 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John Gibbon ( April 20, 1827 &ndash February 6, 1896) was a career United States Army officer who fought in the American Civil See George Yates (politician for the British socialist George Walter Yates ( February Gall (c 1840 &ndash 1895 ( Lakota Pizí, "gall bladder" was a battle leader of the Hunkpapa Lakota and was one of James Butler Hickok ( May 27, 1837 &ndash August 2, 1876) better known as Wild Bill Hickok, was a figure in the American Old Richens Lacy (or Lacey) Wootton (1816 - 1893 sometimes known as "Uncle Dick" Wootton was an American frontiersman born in Virginia but lived Sir James Hope Grant GCB ( July 22, 1808 &ndash March 7, 1875) British general was the fifth and youngest son of Richard Cobden ( June 3, 1804 &ndash April 2, 1865) was a British manufacturer and Radical and Liberal "Lord Palmerston" and "Henry Temple" redirect here Frederick Townsend Ward (1831&ndash1862 was an American sailor Mercenary and Soldier of fortune famous for his military victories for Imperial China Hóng Xiùquán ( January 1 1814 &ndash June 1 1864 born Hong Renkun (洪仁坤 Courtesy name Huoxiu (火秀 was a Hakka Chinese who For the footballer and Chesterfield FC manager of the same name see Harry Parkes (footballer. Admiral of the Fleet John Arbuthnot "Jackie" Fisher 1st Baron Fisher of Kilverstone, GCB, OM, GCVO ( 25 January 1841 Field Marshal Garnet Joseph Wolseley 1st Viscount Wolseley KP OM GCB GCMG VD PC ( 4 June 1833 Charles Guillaume Marie Appollinaire Antoine Cousin Montauban comte de Palikao (24 June 1796 8 January 1878 was a French general and Statesman. James Bruce 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, KT, GCB, PC ( 20 July 1811 &ndash 20 November 1863 Li Xiucheng (李秀成 1823--- August 7[[ 864]] eminent military leader of the Taiping Rebellion, and known during his military tenure as the King of Zhong Hong Rengan ( 1822– November 23, 1864) was an important leader of the Taiping Rebellion. Chen Yucheng (c 1834-May 1862(陳玉成born in Guangxi, was a Chinese general during the Taiping Rebellion and later served as the Heroic (Ying Prince of Major-General, CB ( 28 January 1833 &ndash 26 January 1885) known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha General Sir Dighton MacNaghton Probyn VC, GCB, GCSI, GCVO, ISO (21 January 1833-20 June 1924 born in London Henry Brougham Loch 1st Baron Loch GCMG, KCB ( 23 May 1827 &ndash 20 June 1900) was a Scottish soldier and John Carmel Heenan ( May 2, 1833 &ndash October 28, 1873) was an American bare-knuckle fighter born in Troy Thomas Sayers, also known as Tom Sayers ( 25 May 1826 - 8 November 1865) was Anthony Trollope (April 24 1815 – December 6 1882 became one of the most successful prolific and respected English Novelists of the Victorian era. Charles Robert Darwin (February 12 1809 &ndash April 19 1882 was an English naturalist, who realised and demonstrated that all Species of life Felice Beato (born 1833 or 1834 died c 1907 sometimes known as Felix Beato, was a Corfiote Photographer. George Bernard Shaw ( (26 July 1856 &ndash 2 November 1950 was an Irish Playwright. Zaiyuan (載垣 6th Prince Yi (died 1861 of the Manchu imperial Aisin-Gioro clan Sushun ( Styled: Yuting ( (26 November 1816– 1861 was born in the Manchu Aisin-Gioro Clan as the sixth son of Wurgongga The Xianfeng Emperor, born Yizhu, ( July 17, 1831 - August 22, 1861) was the eighth Emperor of the Manchu The Empress Dowager Ci'an (慈安皇太后 1837 - April 8, 1881, popularly known in China as the East Empress Dowager (东太后 Empress Dowager Cixi 1 ( ( November 29 1835 – November 15 1908) popularly known in China as the The Tongzhi Emperor, born Zaichun ( April 27, 1856 &ndash January 12, 1875) was the ninth emperor of the Manchu The 1st Prince Gong ( Wade-Giles: Prince Kung ( January 11, 1833 - May 29, 1898) commonly known in his days as the Lord Sixth Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901 was from 20 June 1837 the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody (February 26 1846 &ndash January 10 1917 was an American soldier bison hunter and Showman. Hafiz Abdul Karim CIE (1863?-1909 better known as "the Munshi " (variously translated as "teacher" or "clerk" in Urdu Maharaja Ranjit Singh (ਮਹਾਰਾਜਾ ਰਣਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ also called "Sher-e-Punjab" ("The Lion of the Punjab" (1780-1839 was a Kharak Singh, ( Punjabi ਖੜਕ ਸਿੰਘ 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 Sher Singh, (Born December 1807 - Died September 16th 1843 was a Sikh ruler of the sovereign country of Punjab and the Sikh Empire. Chand Kaur was briefly a Regent of the sovereign country of Punjab and the Sikh Empire. This article is about Duleep Singh For other uses see Dalip Singh (disambiguation Maharaja Duleep Singh, GCSI ( Lahore, 6 September 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 or '"Jind Kaur"' the Messalina of Sir Robert Henry Sale GCB (1782–1845 was a British Soldier. 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Sherlock Holmes is a famous fictional detective of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who first appeared in Publication in 1887 Colonel Sebastian Moran is a fictional character the villain of the Sherlock Holmes short story The Adventure of the Empty House. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930 was an Anglo-Scottish Author most noted for his stories about the
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  • 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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2. ^ "Author of Flashman novels dies", The Daily Telegraph, 2008-01-02. Events 1014 - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For "The Daily Telegraph" in Australia see The Daily Telegraph (Australia. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Retrieved on 2008-01-02. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire.  
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5. ^ BBC - Radio 4 - Daily Schedule. BBC (2008-02-02). 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor Retrieved on 2008-02-02. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor
6. ^ Mitchell, Sandy (2007-04-30). Alex Stewart is a British writer who also goes by the pseudonym Sandy Mitchell, best known for his Warhammer and Warhammer 40000 novels including Ciaphas Cain, Hero of the Imperium. The Black Library. ISBN 978-1844164660.  

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