Dawlish Chronicles

Duty and Daring in the Heyday of Empire

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Friday, 31 October 2014

The Battle of Coronel, November 1st 1914

November 1 st 2014 is the 100 th anniversary of the first defeat to be suffered by Britain’s Royal Navy in a century. It was fought in ...

Friday, 24 October 2014

The First of the White Rajahs of Sarawak

I’m currently in Sarawak, the portion of Malaysia that lies on the north coast of Borneo. It stretches some 450 miles, roughly south-west t...

Friday, 17 October 2014

Roman sea-borne trading and the port of Ostia

The sub-title of this blog is "Duty and Daring in the Heyday of Empire", the Empire in question being British. This week however ...

Friday, 10 October 2014

The Value of Money – Pay in the Royal Navy in the Late 19th Century

A challenge that confronts all readers and writers of historic fiction is that at some stage money and its value, compared with that of tod...

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About Me

Antoine Vanner: My "Dawlish Chronicles" are set in the late 19th Century and reflect my deep interest in the politics, attitudes and technology of the period. The fifth novel in the series, “Britannia’s Amazon” is now available in both paperback and Kindle formats. It follows the four earlier Dawlish Chronicles, "Britannia's Wolf", "Britannia's Reach”, "Britannia's Shark" and "Britannia's Spartan". Click on the book covers below to learn more or to purchase. I’ve had an adventurous career in the international energy industry and am proud of having worked in every continent except Antarctica. History is a driving passion in my life and I have travelled widely to visit sites of historical significance, many insights gained in this way being reflected in my writing. I welcome contact on Facebook and via this Blog. My website is www.dawlishchronicles.com and its “Conflict” section has a large number of articles on topics from the mid-18th Century to the early 20th Century.

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