by David West | Apr 4, 2026 | News
On the 4th of April, 503BC, the Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrated a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines. Agrippa Menenius Lanatus belongs to the half-legendary generation of early Roman leaders whose deeds sit on the border between history...
by David West | Apr 3, 2026 | News
On the 3rd of April, 1589, Sultan Murad III, leader of the Ottoman Emprire, faced a revolt by his janissaries, the elite infantry who formed his bodyguard. Murad is a minor character in The Spy who Sank the Armada, the first book in the Sir Anthony Standen Adventures....
by David West | Apr 2, 2026 | News
On the 2nd of April, 1930, after the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie was proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia. Haile Selassie I, born Tafari Makonnen on the 23rd of July, 1892, in the village of Ejersa Goro in Ethiopia’s Harar province, became one of the...
by David West | Apr 1, 2026 | News
I am thrilled to be part of Indie Author Bookstore: a new online bookstore shining a spotlight on independent authors. Supporting indie books makes a real difference this #indieauthormonth, and there are some fantastic discoveries waiting there 📖 I have all the...
by David West | Apr 1, 2026 | News
The Royal Air Force was created on the 1st of April, 1918, when the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service were merged. Coincidently it was also on the 1st of April, 1908, that the Territorial Force was formed as a volunteer reserve component of the...
