Tom Brown's School Days Great Game", the character whom Fraser named Harry Flashman reads "Tom Brown's School Days", which refers to his youth, and its popularity causes him some social troubles. Fraser's Flashman novels also include some other characters from "Tom Brown's School Days", for example George Speedicut and Tom Brown in the book "Flashman's Lady". Flashman also encounters the character of "Scud" East twice, first in "Flashman at the Charge", when both he and East are prisoners of war during the Crimean War, and again in "Flashman in the Great Game", at the Siege of Cawnpore during the Indian Mutiny of 1857. Tom
Tom Brown's School Days Tom Brown's School Days Tom Brown's School Days (sometimes written "Tom Brown's Schooldays", also published under the titles "Tom Brown at Rugby", "School Days at Rugby", and "Tom Brown's School Days at Rugby") is an 1857 novel by Thomas Hughes. The story is set in the 1830s at Rugby School, a public school for boys. Hughes attended Rugby School from 1834 to 1842. The novel was originally published as being "by an Old Boy of Rugby", and much of it is based on the author's experiences. Tom Brown is largely based on the author's brother George Hughes. George Arthur, another