Flashman _is_ fiction, but the events he is dropped into, and the characters that he interacts with are real. Which is the danger of historical novels, that th

Flashman _is_ fiction, but the events he is dropped into, and the characters that he interacts with are real. Which is the danger of historical novels, that the characterisation of historical figures are changed to fit the narrative. Which is why I love the links to the primary sources to see if the author is talking porkies or not.