Harry Flashman

Sir Harry Paget Flashman VC,KCB,KCIE is a fictional character created by George MacDonald Fraser (1925–2008), but based on the character "Flashman" in Tom Brown's School Days (1857), a semi-autobiographical work by Thomas Hughes (1822–1896). Harry Flashman appears in a series of 12 of Fraser's books, collectively known as The Flashman Papers. Flashman was played by Malcolm McDowell in the Richard Lester film Royal Flash (1975).