Spring after he shoots Sullivan. The cabin boy - A servant aboard the Balliol College who is sold to the Dahomeys by Spring. In Flashman and the Tiger he is revealed to be Sebastian Moran, who has spent his entire adult life tracking down and killing Balliol College crew in revenge. Historical characters Benjamin Disraeli - The future Prime Minister, who Flashman calls a "cocky little sheeny". Although casually insulted by Flashman at Cleeve House, Disraeli is subsequently one of the few persons present to question his guilt as a card-cheat. Lord George Bentinck Fanny Locke William Ewart Gladstone King Gezo - King of Dahomey. Spring deals with him for slaves. Dahomey Amazons - The army of King Gezo who butcher a small number of Spring's crew. Abraham Lincoln - Future President of the United States. Flashman describes him as "an unusually tall man, with the ugliest face you ever saw, deep dark eye sockets and a chin like a coffin" and says, "just why I liked him I couldn't say; I suppose in his way he had the makings of as big a scoundrel as I am myself". Background Fraser says the idea for the climactic trial sequence came from his wife. Diabolique magazine argued this would have been a better novel to adapt for the movies than Royal Flash but there has been no film version to date. References 1971 British novels Flashman novels Novels about American slavery Fictional depictions of Abraham Lincoln in literature Barrie & Jenkins books