Harry Paget Flashman

Brigadier-General Sir Harry Paget Flashman VC KCB KCIE (5th May 1822-1915) is a bullying, debauched fictional character originally created by the author Thomas Hughes in Tom Brown's Schooldays (1857), and used as the basis of a series of historical novels by the 20th-century author George MacDonald Fraser.

• Flashman's Lady (1977)

• • "And a cutlass, of course," says he, "you'll feel naked without that."
  • He little knew that I could feel naked in a suit of armour in the bowels of a Dreadnought being attacked by an angry bum-boat-woman.

• Flashman and the Redskins (1982)

• • ...the fellow Will was on the floor but had a hold on Spring's ankle, which I thought was uncommon game of him, while my other captor had Spring around the neck. Even as I looked, Spring sent him flying and turned to stamp on Will's face -- those days in the Oriel combination room weren't wasted, thinks I...

• Flashman and the Dragon (1985)

• • "When all other trusts fail, turn to Flashman." - Abraham Lincoln. (Quote appears on back cover, not in novel).