Flashman first appeared in the 1857 semi-autobiographical novel "Tom Brown's School Days" by Thomas Hughes as a bully at Rugby School, who persecutes Tom Brown, and who is expelled for drunkenness: the novel series starts with Flashman's expulsion from school.
Flashman first appeared in the 1857 semi-autobiographical novel "Tom Brown's School Days" by Thomas Hughes as a bully at Rugby School, who persecutes Tom Brown, and who is expelled for drunkenness. The novel series starts with Flashman's expulsion from school.