Balkan Wargamer

 This is Anthony Kaldellis's new look at the Siege of Constantinople. I thought I had this subject well covered, but, like the author, I...

My current Turkish TV addiction is 'Saladin: The Conqueror of Jerusalem'. Another very long TV series, this one was co-produced in P...

This is the first in David Pilling's Soldier of Fortune series. I enjoyed the second, The Heretic , so I thought I would go back for th...

 My latest bedtime reading is The Heretic by David Pilling. It is another grim story, and after Vlad , I really must review my choice of b...

 This is C.C. Humphreys' fictional take on the life of Vlad Tepes, better known as 'The Impaler' or Dracula. This was my bedtime...

 My bedtime reading has been another historical fiction book I saved from my wife's paperback bookshelf cull on the understanding I woul...

 This is a timely new Osprey for me by Si Sheppard, as my current Turkish TV addiction is Alp Arslan - The Great Seljuks . I have mixed vie...

 This is Charles Halperin's study of the Mongol impact on medieval Russian History. When I was researching my latest book, which include...

The Barons' Wars have been a popular period for wargamers in recent years, with playable rules and figure ranges. While I am pretty fami...

 This was my homeward-bound reading on the plane back from Istanbul. It is J.R. Tomlin's take on the later Scottish-English Wars. Our he...

 My current bedtime reading is Cypria , a history of Cyprus by Alex Christofi. It reminded me of a little-known excursion Richard the Lionhe...

 I was in Durham today en route to Middlesborough for tomorrow's Battleground wargames show. I haven't been for many years, and its ...