Black Ajax is a historical novel by George MacDonald Fraser based on the career of Tom Molineaux.

The father of Harry Flashman appears as a major character although the book is not part of the official Flashman series.^[1]

As in those novels, several real life characters are depicted including:

References

^ "The Arts: A FAREWELL TO FLIPPANCY INTERVIEW George MacDonald Fraser, Flashman's chronicler, tells Max Davidson why he has written his first tragedy at 72". The Daily Telegraph. London. 21 June 1997. p. 5. ProQuest 317697453.

v t e Works by George MacDonald Fraser
The Flashman Papers	Flashman (1969) Royal Flash (1970) Flash for Freedom! (1971) Flashman at the Charge (1973) Flashman in the Great Game (1975) Flashman's Lady (1977) Flashman and the Redskins (1982) Flashman and the Dragon (1985) Flashman and the Mountain of Light (1990) Flashman and the Angel of the Lord (1994) Flashman and the Tiger (1999) Flashman on the March (2005)
Other novels	Mr American (1980) The Pyrates (1983) The Candlemass Road (1993) Black Ajax (1997) The Reavers (2007) Captain in Calico (2015)
Short stories	The General Danced at Dawn (1970) McAuslan in the Rough (1974) The Sheikh and the Dustbin (1988)
History	The Steel Bonnets (1971) The Hollywood History of the World (1988, revised 1996)
Memoirs	Quartered Safe Out Here (1992) The Light's on at Signpost (2002)
Screenplays	The Three Musketeers (1973) The Four Musketeers (1974) Royal Flash (1975) The Prince and the Pauper (1977) Force 10 from Navarone (1978) (uncredited) Ashanti (1979) (uncredited) Superman II (1980) (uncredited) Octopussy (1983) Red Sonja (1985) Casanova (1987) (TV) The Return of the Musketeers (1989)