Brigadier Allan Mallinson, English author of Company of Spears and Man of War, is here to answer your questions. Allan Mallinson originally joined the army in 1969 on a short-service commission, and ...

While Mallinson has been hailed by the U.K. press as rivaling Patrick O'Brian and Bernard Cornwell, American fans of swashbuckling adventure will likely be disappointed to find Mallinson (a cavalry ...

When the mighty imperial forces of Europe marched to war in July 1914 many voices said optimistically it would be over by Christmas. The blood-stained trenches that were soon to stretch from the North ...

Allan Mallinson has made a name for himself as a writer of intelligent military historical novels. On the basis of this book, he is also a first-rate writer of non-fiction. A soldier of 35 years’ ...

Author Allan Mallinson has paid tribute to Princess Diana on the 24th anniversary of her passing with a photo that is believed to have never been seen before. MORE: Royal fans leave tributes for ...

‘Mallinson . . . combines the authority of a soldier-turned-military historian with the imaginative touch of the historical novelist.’ Lawrence James, THE TIMES We remember months, because months have ...

Perfect for fans of Patrick OBrian, Bernard Cornwell and CS Forester, another captivating Matthew Hervey adventure from the pen of THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR Allan Mallinson. "Allan Mallinson ...

The Napoleonic wars afford fertile ground for military historical novelists, but most of the best bits have been bagged already. CS Forester and Patrick O'Brian have carved up the naval side between ...

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Few objects are more evocative than those regimental standards emblazoned with the names of battles. Blenheim, Seringapatam, El Alamein, Ulundi, Saratoga, Balaclava, the Falklands, Cambrai, Vimeiro – ...

There is an episode of The West Wing in which the Speaker of the House of Representatives recounts the course of the July crisis of 1914: “Franz Ferdinand, who was the nephew of the Austro-Hungarian ...

'The men in this painting were regulars of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers, many of them from Clare, Cork, Kerry and Limerick, four of the counties in the Irish province of Munster. When, ...