Dawlish Chronicles

From 1833 to 1940 the Kingdom of the Netherlands experienced one of the longest periods in which any Western European nation did not go to ...

Two spectacular cases of submarines penetrating enemy anchorages are well known to naval-history enthusiasts. The first was when the Royal ...

Thursday June 18 th 2015 was the 200 th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo and to mark it I asked my friend and fellow-novelist Tom Wil...

Wilhelm - looking ludicrous As eldest grandson of Queen Victoria – at whose death he was present – and as nephew of Britain’s King Edwa...

The Crimean War (1854-56) in which Britain, France, Turkey and Piedmont took on Russia is generally thought of in terms of the operations i...

In both World Wars the greatest danger many troops faced, especially if they were in support or non-frontline roles, may well have been tha...

It is my pleasure this week to introduce a guest blog by my friend and fellow-novelist Alison Morton. She is known for her innovative - a...