I’m giving away two paperback copies of A Fleet in Being. Everyone on my mailing list will be entered into the draw. If you’re not already on my list, you can join here. You will also get ...Read More
It is generally accepted that the First World War was triggered by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by the Bosnian Serb Gavrilo Princip. In recent years, however, an extra twist has been ...Read More
The Otranto Barrage was a naval blockade of the Otranto Straits between Brindisi and Corfu, intended to prevent the Austro-Hungarian navy gaining access to the Mediterranean Sea. Although it did keep ...Read More
I originally released A Fleet in Being: Austro-Hungarian Warships of WW1 as an ebook, with no plans to make a paper version. However, I’ve succumbed to requests for a paper version, which will b...Read More
As a land-locked country with no coastline, it may come as a surprise to learn that Hungary has ever needed or wanted a battleship. But, in the years before World War 1, Hungary was part of the Austro...Read More
On the 10th of December 1917, the Austro-Hungarian Monarch class battleship SMS Wien (Vienna) was attacked in port at Trieste. All three ships of the Monarch class had been relegated to harbour duties...Read More
I’m very pleased to announce that A Fleet in Being has been named the winner of the Military Non-Fiction category in the Global Ebook Awards. The full list of winners can be seen on the Global E...Read More
I’m happy to announce that A Fleet in Being has been named as a finalist in the Military Non-Fiction category of the Global Ebook Awards. Winners will be announced on Saturday, 18th of August....Read More
“A Fleet in Being” is now available from Amazon, Wargame Vault and other retailers. Here is the blurb: The Kaiserliche und Königliche Kriegsmarine – The Austro-Hungarian Navy – was in...Read More
Recently, I posted a link on Google Plus, about a widely-held belief that Gavrilo Princip was eating a sandwich when he killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand. This, of course, was the trigger that set off t...Read More