Balkan Wargamer

 As if I haven't got enough books about Gallipoli, Dave Lanchester's stall at Carronade enticed me to buy John Hamilton's book a...

The latest in my Nigel Tranter rereading project takes in the next generation of the Gray family during the reign of James VI & I, after...

 My library pick this month was David Breeze's study of the Antonine Wall. The Antonine Wall was built in what is now Scotland. It stre...

This is a new edition of Dusan Babac's book on the Serbian Army during the wars for independence. It's unclear why a second edition...

 I live a stone's throw away from the ferry terminal for Arran, but haven't been over for years. It is here temporarily (probably) w...

 Before my recent trip to Romania, I had brushed up on my Romanian history in anticipation of the museums and battlefields I planned to visi...

 I am on a Greek-Italian War roll. After finishing the new study of the Italian Army in the Balkans, I have been reading John Carr's stu...

 The first big Scottish wargames show of the year is Carronade. It is held in a high school in Falkirk, which is an excellent venue, althoug...

 This is a new Osprey Combat series book by Murray Dahm on the Dacian Wars AD 85-106. The Dacian Wars are one of my favourite ancient camp...

 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...