A grisly Lincolnshire folktale from Holbeach tells of the gambling antics of three drunken men in a churchyard, a story that passed into local legend as an enduring warning of sacrilege, remorse, and supernatural retribution.
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The Battle to Keep the War Moving
A rediscovered wartime diary shows how the Persian Corridor supply route workedin practice. Not as strategy, but as constant repair under immense pressure.
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Lichfield: England’s Third Archbishop
In the age of Offa, a short-lived archbishopric at Lichfield (787–803) reflected the expansion and consolidation of Mercian rule, though later Canterbury sources recast it as a contentious and anomalous creation.
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The Writer and the Traitor
As the Normandy landings approached, the surprise resignation from MI6 of the author Graham Greene – a close friend of Kim Philby – cast a shadow over one of the war’s most carefully orchestrated intelligence operations.
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The Writer and the Traitor
As the Normandy landings approached, the surprise resignation from MI6 of the author Graham Greene – a close friend of Kim Philby – cast a shadow over one of the war’s most carefully orchestrated intelligence operations.
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What is the Blood Price?
The novelist's latest is a departure from the Norman invasion, but what's the story behind it?
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Democracies vs. Authoritarian States
A never-so-timely comparison of Athens and Sparta explores whether political freedom can establish military superiority and determine the outcome of ideological conflict.
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How Did the Romans Respond to the Deaths of their Emperors?
Rumour in the Roman world tended to flourish when it came to the the fate of emperors, threatening imperial stability and exposing public anxiety.
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The Battle to Keep the War Moving
A rediscovered wartime diary shows how the Persian Corridor supply route workedin practice. Not as strategy, but as constant repair under immense pressure.
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Dante: Inside the Mind of a Believer
James explores the impact of religion on Dante Alighieri.
Podcasts featuring Damien
Damien features on a number of podcasts discussing his work, which you can find here
On Misogyny in Historical Fiction
The historical fiction writer on Mary Renault and Anthony Trollope
An Interview with the Prime Minister
An early exclusive for Simon with Margaret Thatcher in 1983.
Byzantium, City of Stories
Byzantium, a melting pot, and the scene for so many stories, but an inspiration for any novelist.
Part Three: The Shameful War Crime.
Having parachuted into occupied France in July 1944, the men of the elite SABU-70 SAS unit were betrayed, captured by the Gestapo and tortured.
Part Two: Betrayed and Captured.
In the second excerpt of Damien's new book, SAS: Band of Brothers, we learn of the elite group's next deadly operation in Occupied France.
Part One: Brave Band of 12 Brothers Who Stood Between the Nazis and the D-Day Beaches.
In this excerpt from Damien's new book, we read of a daring SAS mission in the days following D-Day.
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