The Flashman Chronicles by George Donald Fraser

The flashman chronicles basically look at a hundred year period of victorian dominance through the eyes of a famous general named harry flashman. Flashman, his entire life story was found by an editor named william paget morrison in a sea chest in leicster. So it's sort of like zelig meets forest gump. The guy that really answered clark bunting's challenge was george donald Fraser. That's why i know a little bit about luck now.