The British Army and the American War, 1775-83: Fresh Perspectives Saturday 14 March 2026 Please save the date for our forthcoming conference to mark the 250th anniversary of American independence and the British Army’s doomed efforts to prevent it. Details at www.sahr.org.uk/view-event.p...

You know you’re getting a little too into the 18th century Habsburg when you start to buy books on Maria Theresia’s government and economic policy! But I really do want to know how you finance a war against Frederick the Great (especially once the UK is no longer on side). 📚 #histbookchat

You know you’re getting a little too into the 18th century Habsburg when you start to buy books on Maria Theresia’s government and economic policy! But I really do want to know how you finance a war against Frederick the Great (especially once the UK is no longer on side). 📚 #histbookchat

This evening I will be mostly reading Nicholas Roger’s’ “The Press Gang” with a Tintagel Harbour Special, which is a bitter, which I suppose is what many pressed men might be… 🌊 📚 🍺 #readingndrinking

A weekend arrival in Enfield. Time to get back to painting Dutchmen and Scots in the service of the United Provinces… #histbookchat

A weekend arrival in Enfield. Time to get back to painting Dutchmen and Scots in the service of the United Provinces… #histbookchat

I almost forgot: it’s that time of year again when @1805Club sends out both the Kedge Anchor and this year’s copy of the Trafalgar Chronicle! 🌊 📚 #histbookchat

I almost forgot: it’s that time of year again when @1805Club sends out both the Kedge Anchor and this year’s copy of the Trafalgar Chronicle! 🌊 📚 #histbookchat

A Tintagel Brewery Cornwall Pride matched with Captain Bolitho, Cornish hero. For the story it helps it’s a bitter as there’s a bitter first officer to boot! #readingndrinking

This weekend, after another delivery from Ken Trotman, I will be designing flags and uniforms on #masterofcommand. I just have the French 3 campaigns to finish before moving on to the Rise of Prussia campaign. 📚 #histbookchat

This weekend, after another delivery from Ken Trotman, I will be designing flags and uniforms on #masterofcommand. I just have the French 3 campaigns to finish before moving on to the Rise of Prussia campaign. 📚 #histbookchat

Does anyone need more Jacobite content in their lives? English Jacobites? Geordie Jacobites? 🤣 I do love a niche work! #histbookchat

Does anyone need more Jacobite content in their lives? English Jacobites? Geordie Jacobites? 🤣 I do love a niche work! #histbookchat

You can’t listen to Prime & Load pod and not start buying up bios of 18th century generals. In this instance Loudon’s bio. Apparently a German/Latvian name (not Scottish) but he claimed kinship with the Earls of London anyway! He started with the Russian army but moved to Austria… #histbookchat

You can’t listen to Prime & Load pod and not start buying up bios of 18th century generals. In this instance Loudon’s bio. Apparently a German/Latvian name (not Scottish) but he claimed kinship with the Earls of London anyway! He started with the Russian army but moved to Austria… #histbookchat

The latest on the Peninsular War from Bob Burnham and Ron McGuigan has landed! 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇵🇹 📚 #histbookchat

The latest on the Peninsular War from Bob Burnham and Ron McGuigan has landed! 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇵🇹 📚 #histbookchat

Ok I’m going to admit it: AI is improving in weeks not months. In the summer these would have been dross. Now they’re a bit average, verging on fun…

Picked up a new book by Phillips Payson O’Brien this weekend. I love his writing and he’s never afraid to “put a bit of stick about” and be provocative. 📚

Picked up a new book by Phillips Payson O’Brien this weekend. I love his writing and he’s never afraid to “put a bit of stick about” and be provocative. 📚

Although moved to buy it I have no idea about its veracity. Perhaps someone might have views… 🇬🇧 🇮🇳 📚 #histbookchat

Although moved to buy it I have no idea about its veracity. Perhaps someone might have views… 🇬🇧 🇮🇳 📚 #histbookchat

Having had a little sly dig at our American cousins and their idea that the constitutional monarch George III (and not Parliament) was tyrannical, I thought I better have a copy of this bio. I hear Andrew Roberts maybe even more partial to George than me! 🤴 📚 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 #histbookchat

Having had a little sly dig at our American cousins and their idea that the constitutional monarch George III (and not Parliament) was tyrannical, I thought I better have a copy of this bio. I hear Andrew Roberts maybe even more partial to George than me! 🤴 📚 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 #histbookchat

Another charity shop find. One for @leedavidevansuk.bsky.social and his podcast. I haven’t looked yet but I wonder how much ‘parliamentary violence’ there has been since 1945? I remember one Scottish MP throwing punches in a bar and stories of Heseltine swinging the mace. #histbookchat

Another charity shop find. One for @leedavidevansuk.bsky.social and his podcast. I haven’t looked yet but I wonder how much ‘parliamentary violence’ there has been since 1945? I remember one Scottish MP throwing punches in a bar and stories of Heseltine swinging the mace. #histbookchat

Tonight I am mostly drinking Glencadam at Soho Whisky Club. I love this whisky. I discovered it during lockdown and it’s wildly underrated. 🥃

Found this one in a charity shop and I have to ask: is ‘Jeremy Black’ a pseudonym for a group of 20-30 academics? His output is incredible! 📚 🤓 Anyway I love 18th century diplomatic history - it’s an an essential aide to understanding military and political history! #histbookchat

Found this one in a charity shop and I have to ask: is ‘Jeremy Black’ a pseudonym for a group of 20-30 academics? His output is incredible! 📚 🤓 Anyway I love 18th century diplomatic history - it’s an an essential aide to understanding military and political history! #histbookchat

The fourth and final in Tim Shipman’s Brexit odyssey has landed today. Funny, well informed and a thoroughly decent chap, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the first two volumes of Shipman’s work. I suspect the third and fourth volumes will revive all the frustrations! 🤣 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 📚

The fourth and final in Tim Shipman’s Brexit odyssey has landed today. Funny, well informed and a thoroughly decent chap, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the first two volumes of Shipman’s work. I suspect the third and fourth volumes will revive all the frustrations! 🤣 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 📚

I may not have found a book on 18th century Russian uniforms, but this is a well recommended book on the developing Russian military culture… 🇷🇺 📚 #histbookchat

I may not have found a book on 18th century Russian uniforms, but this is a well recommended book on the developing Russian military culture… 🇷🇺 📚 #histbookchat

My views on Lord George Sackville are entirely negative as some of you know. I now have a copy of the proceedings of his Court Martial. Drummed out of the army in disgrace who would go on to set policy in North America during the Revolution. *shakes head in disgust* 📚 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 #histbookchat

My views on Lord George Sackville are entirely negative as some of you know. I now have a copy of the proceedings of his Court Martial. Drummed out of the army in disgrace who would go on to set policy in North America during the Revolution. *shakes head in disgust* 📚 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 #histbookchat

Back on the Royal Navy voyage with Roger Knight’s Convoy and the Imperial Stout from Fullers. Stout fellows of the Empire? Ok it’s tenuous but it’ll do! 🤣 🍻 📚 #readingndrinking

I largely blame @armchairhistorian.bsky.social and @kabinettskriege.bsky.social for my latest book buying splurge. This weekend I will mostly be designing accurate uniforms and colours in #masterofcommand! #histbookchat

I largely blame @armchairhistorian.bsky.social and @kabinettskriege.bsky.social for my latest book buying splurge. This weekend I will mostly be designing accurate uniforms and colours in #masterofcommand! #histbookchat

As someone interested in Europeans involved in the Civil War, I see Fremont as a magnet for Central European veterans, aristocrats and fraudsters. So I’ve jumped into the latest Fremont book… 📚 #histbookchat

As someone interested in Europeans involved in the Civil War, I see Fremont as a magnet for Central European veterans, aristocrats and fraudsters. So I’ve jumped into the latest Fremont book… 📚 #histbookchat

“The Schleswig-Holstein question is so complicated, only three men in Europe have ever understood it. One was Prince Albert, who is dead. The second was a German professor who became mad. I am the third and I have forgotten all about it.” Perhaps this purchase will remind me… 📚 🇩🇰 🇩🇪 🇦🇹 #histbookchat

“The Schleswig-Holstein question is so complicated, only three men in Europe have ever understood it. One was Prince Albert, who is dead. The second was a German professor who became mad. I am the third and I have forgotten all about it.” Perhaps this purchase will remind me… 📚 🇩🇰 🇩🇪 🇦🇹 #histbookchat

A conversation over the weekend reminded me I’d found this text, but failed to post it. The Peace of Paris by Rashed. The end of the Seven Years War… 📚 #histbookchat

Dishes done. Ironing done. Feet up done. Interrupt Nelsonian navy reading for the perfect match of book and bottle: The Greek Revolution in print and a Greek renaissance in a bottle #readingndrinking #histbookchat

Wake up! A new book on the Russian-Ottoman wars of the 18th century just dropped! Well done to @balkandave.bsky.social. 📚 #histbookchat

Wake up! A new book on the Russian-Ottoman wars of the 18th century just dropped! Well done to @balkandave.bsky.social. 📚 #histbookchat

It’s not just all books and computer games here. I love a good boardgame so I’ve gotten two more: No Peace Without Spain (Spanish Succession) and Bayonets & Tomahawks (French & Indian). #boardgames

It’s not just all books and computer games here. I love a good boardgame so I’ve gotten two more: No Peace Without Spain (Spanish Succession) and Bayonets & Tomahawks (French & Indian). #boardgames

The Master of Command playthrough has ended with Europe painted red! Although most of the victorious British Army was German. Bet that's never happened before... Now to try the Austrians. #masterofcommand

More serious 18th century content. This time it’s the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth! Why is everyone marching through their country? How? Why are they getting carved up? 📚 🇵🇱 🇱🇹 #histbookchat