Flashman in chains across half of Asia and introduces him to knouting. Lord Palmerston, British parliamentarian, prime minister from 1855 Lord Paget, Flashman's relative who gets him a job at the Board of Ordnance. Fanny Duberly, Society woman and diarist, who accompanied the soldiers to the Crimea. George Brown - The man in command of the Light Division in Crimea. Flashman calls him an "old Scotch war horse...and nobody's fool". Jacques Leroy de Saint Arnaud, French general, Commander-in-chief of French forces in the Crimea François Certain Canrobert, successor to Saint-Arnaud as Commander-in-chief of French forces in the Crimea William Howard Russell - War correspondent for The Times. Flashman says, "He was a good fellow, Billy, and we got on well, but he always had an eye cocked towards his readers, and the worse he could make out a case, the better they liked it." Louis Edward Nolan - Staff galloper to Airey and one of the links in the chain of events leading to the Charge of the Light Brigade and his own death. Flashman calls him a "cavalry maniac who held everyone in contempt". Richard Airey - Quartermaster-general to Raglan Lord Lucan George de Lacy Evans Sir Colin Campbell - Commander of The Thin Red Line at the Battle of Balaclava; one of the few military commanders for whom Flashman has unalloyed respect. James Yorke Scarlett - Commander of the Heavy Cavalry Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava. Tsar Nicholas I - Flashman overhears him discussing The Great Game with Ignatiev. Yakub Beg - A Tajik military leader who fought against the Russians. He later ruled over the city of Kashgar. Flashman describes him as "a tough customer, by the look of him; one of those genial mountain scoundrels who'll tell you merry stories while he stabs you in the guts just for the fun of hearing his knifehilt bells jingle." Izzet Kutebar, brigand and friend of Yakub Beg. References 1973 British novels Novels set during the Crimean War Novels about the Great Game At the Charge, Flashman Works originally published in Playboy Novels first published in serial form Fiction set in the 1850s Barrie & Jenkins books