On the 21st of September, 455CE, Emperor Avitus entered Italy with a Gallic army and consolidated his power. I have written about several Roman emperors such as Julius Caesar and Marcus Aurelius, but I hadn’t heard of Avitus. Avitus was one of the last emperors of the...

On the 20th of September, 1911, RMS Olympic collided with HMS Hawke. As a yachtsman and former officer of the Royal Naval Reserve, I can confirm that collisions between ships are to be avoided if at all possible. However her sister ships in the White Star Line, RMS...

On the 19th of September, 1940, Witold Pilecki was voluntarily captured by by the German army and sent to Auschwitz concentration camp in order to gather information and smuggle it out to the resistance group. I’m struggling to get my head around this. The man...

On the 18th of September, 1915, the Saturday Evening Post published a short story called Extricating Young Gussie by P.G. Wodehouse. It was the first appearnce of Bertie Wooster and his valet, Jeeves. I’ve written about some of my favourite writers such as Raymond...

Here is the paperback cover for Serpent’s Teeth, by Jacqueline Abromeit of GoodCoverDesign. I said in my recent post that I’m going to use the CWA’s free marketing resources to publicize the launch, which means that I should be able to publish on or shortly after the...

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...

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...

On the 21st of September, 455CE, Emperor Avitus entered Italy with a Gallic army and consolidated his power. I have written about several Roman emperors such as Julius Caesar and Marcus Aurelius, but I hadn’t heard of Avitus. Avitus was one of the last emperors of the...

On the 20th of September, 1911, RMS Olympic collided with HMS Hawke. As a yachtsman and former officer of the Royal Naval Reserve, I can confirm that collisions between ships are to be avoided if at all possible. However her sister ships in the White Star Line, RMS...

On the 19th of September, 1940, Witold Pilecki was voluntarily captured by by the German army and sent to Auschwitz concentration camp in order to gather information and smuggle it out to the resistance group. I’m struggling to get my head around this. The man...

On the 18th of September, 1915, the Saturday Evening Post published a short story called Extricating Young Gussie by P.G. Wodehouse. It was the first appearnce of Bertie Wooster and his valet, Jeeves. I’ve written about some of my favourite writers such as Raymond...

Here is the paperback cover for Serpent’s Teeth, by Jacqueline Abromeit of GoodCoverDesign. I said in my recent post that I’m going to use the CWA’s free marketing resources to publicize the launch, which means that I should be able to publish on or shortly after the...

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...

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...