Balkan Wargamer

 Those following my Nigel Tranter rereading project will know that Tranter was clearly intrigued by Patrick, Master of Gray. He wrote a tril...

 The latest in my rereading of Nigel Tranter's novels covers James the Sixth from his accession to the English throne as James the First...

I complained to one of our local councillors about the ageing stock in our local library the other week. So, I was pleasantly surprised to f...

 My holiday aircraft reading was Nicolas Tracy's study of the Battle of Quiberon Bay, a decisive naval engagement during the Seven Years...

 My last full day in Romania was spent in Bucharest, mostly doing the museums. The first call was the National Military Museum, which had be...

 Day three of the Romania tour took me into the Danube Delta region. This was a crucial staging post for the Ottomans in the wars against Ru...