by David West | Sep 16, 2026 | News
I’m almost ready to publish Serpent’s Teeth, the fifth book in the Sir Anthony Standen Adventures. I recently posted about the editorial reviews, and I am now just waiting for the cover designs from the talented Jacqueline Abromeit. I have prepared the paperback and...
by David West | Sep 16, 2026 | News
On the 16th of September, 1701, James Frances Edward Stuart, known as the Old Pretender, became the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland on the death of his father, James II. James Francis Edward Stuart, known to his supporters as James III and...
by David West | Sep 15, 2026 | News
I received an email yesterday claiming to be from Jane von Mehren, senior partner, literary agent, at Aevitas Creative Management. It was gushing with praise for Called to Account, the fourth book in the Sir Anthony Standen Adventures. However, said gushing praise...
by David West | Sep 15, 2026 | News
The Battle of Boxtel, fought on the 14th and 15th of September, 1794, was a relatively small but significant engagement during the Flanders Campaign of the French Revolutionary Wars. Although overshadowed by larger battles such as Fleurus, Boxtel marked another step...
by David West | Sep 14, 2026 | News
I have written about a number of saints: Saint Francis, Saint Crispin, and Saint Edmund, amongst others. But they were all men. So it’s high time for a female saint. On the 14th of September, 1975, Elizabeth Ann Seton became the first person born in what would become...
by David West | Sep 13, 2026 | News
On the 13th of September, 1609, Henry Hudson reached the river that would later be named after him. Hudson was around in Sir Anthony Standen’s time, and I’ve written about other explorers of that age, such as Sir Francis Drake and Sir Walter Raleigh. So let’s look...
