Grandad Lost in the Dardanelles

Battle for the Narrows  Assault from the Sea ‘I had a most indelible impression that we were in the presence of a beaten foe. I thought he was beaten at 2 p.m. I knew he was beaten at 4 p.m.-and at midnight I knew with still greater certainty that he was...

Pre Order

Rebel City awaiting publishers approval so ready to take pre-orders at £16 post free. Here is an extract to wet your appetite Chapter 1 Benjamin Augustus Pascoe All are gone now, even his dear Leone. Bulloch his friend not so long ago was buried in Toxteth Park...

Mary Elizabeth Wright Prioleau

Mary Elizabeth Wright Prioleau is one of the historical figures that appears in my new book ‘Rebel City: A Story of Liverpool during the American Civil War.’ Called the Belle of Allerton Hall did her portrait once hang at the hall painted by the artist...

Coming Soon

My new historical novel ‘Rebel City: A story of Liverpool during the American Civil War’ will be published soon. ‘There it is the city of Liverpool says Henry Kitto, master of the Hannah Leigh stood beside Ben Pascoe, ‘a cesspool of humanity...