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Gordon Corrigan

Gordon Corrigan

Gordon talks history, interests and inspiration.
Gordon Corrigan

Gordon Corrigan, what first attracted you to the period or periods you work in? Inspirational history tutors both at school and at Sandhurst gave me a lifelong fascination with history, and my service in the army sharpened the focus to specialise in military history....

Sharpe Books

Sharpe Books

Sharpe Books publishes both new and established writers. Our list of authors and estates include Clement Attlee, Saul David, Michael Jecks, Adam Zamoyski, and Peter Tonkin. Our focus is on publishing Historical Fiction, Crime/Thrillers, Biographies and History titles. As well as publishing new books, we also specialise in re-publishing and re-promoting previously published works, where rights have reverted to the author or estate.
Sharpe Books

Books Click on any of the books covers below to either buy or get more information on AmazonFrom the Publisher Sharpe Books publishes both new and established writers. Our list of authors and estates include Clement Attlee, Saul David, Michael Jecks, Adam Zamoyski,...

Gordon Corrigan

Gordon Corrigan

Gordon Corrigan was commissioned from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 1962 and was an officer of the permanent cadre of the Royal Gurkha Rifles before leaving the army in 1998. Having left, he considered that he was knowledgeable in only two fields: horses and history, and as working with horses is a recipe for going bust, albeit going bust in style, he decided that history was a safer bet. He is now a professional historian.
Gordon Corrigan

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The Enemy Within: The Assassination Attempt on Alexander II

The Enemy Within: The Assassination Attempt on Alexander II

How a disaffected carpenter infiltrated the Winter Palace and came close to wiping out the entire Romanov family.
R.N.Morris

It was to be the People’s Will’s most daring act yet. A bomb attack inside the Winter Palace itself. The People’s Will was an extremist revolutionary group active during the reign of Tsar Alexander II. Advocating acts of violence and terror, they sentenced the tsar,...

Law of Blood, by R.N.Morris

Law of Blood, by R.N.Morris

Crime and espionage in 19th century Russia.
Hannah Ross

Death and deception lie threateningly in the background of R.N. Morris’ new thriller, Law of Blood, set within the sombre landscape of nineteenth-century Russia. As St Petersburg endures a particularly harsh winter, a young child discovers a body in the snow. Pavel...

Andrew Roberts

Andrew Roberts

Professor Andrew Roberts read History at Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge, from where he is an honorary senior scholar and PhD. He appears regularly on TV and radio and writes articles and reviews for several British and American newspapers.
Andrew Roberts

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Generalship from Marlborough to Wellington

Generalship from Marlborough to Wellington

The acclaimed historian writes about the art of generalship among key British leaders of the long 18th century.
Jeremy Black

Never easy, the assessment of generalship becomes more difficult when you go back in time and the sources are less extensive. All-too-often the discussion becomes that of battles lost and won as in Hannibal must be good because he won at Cannae or Napoleon at...

Zulu Court: Farini and the ‘Ethnic Exhibitions’

Zulu Court: Farini and the ‘Ethnic Exhibitions’

The Victorians had a fascination with the unknown which resulted in the vulnerable being taken advantage of. The author of a new novel set in the period tells us about five Zulu men and their attempt for freedom through the British courts.
Mick Finlay

The story in my latest book, Arrowood and the Meeting House Murders, is inspired by the true story of five Zulu men from Natal (Somanquasane, Inconda, Maquasa, Istri and Inaquala) who appeared in Westminster Police Court three times in December, 1879, and January,...

Nicola Cornick

Nicola Cornick

Nicola Cornick discusses historical fiction and her writing.
Nicola Cornick

Nicola Cornick, what prompted you to choose the period that you wrote your first book in? My very first book was a Regency romance inspired by my enjoyment of Georgette Heyer’s writing more than anything else! However, when I changed genre to write dual-time...

Nicola Cornick

Nicola Cornick

Nicola Cornick

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