I regularly post for the English Historical Fiction Authors blog, and have also posted for Madame Gilflurt and others. A list of my guest posts can be found below:
For English Historical Fiction Authors:
- A post on serendipity and historical research
- A post on the Cinque Ports Volunteers, Pitt the Younger’s own volunteer corps
- On the joys of archival research (a rather mucky joy, but a joy nonetheless)
- On defending Britain against invasion during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars: the low-down on the difference between the militia, the volunteers, and all the other auxiliary forces
- The real “Last of the Mohicans” and their visit to England in the 1760s
- The Order of the Garter during the reign of George III
- The Anglo-Russian Helder Campaign of 1799
- “The Mischief Done Me”: Lord Chatham’s dismissal from the Admiralty in 1794
- First part of a two-part post on William Pitt the Younger
- Second part of a two-part post on William Pitt the Younger
- The Local Militia Act of 1808
- On location research in Gibraltar
- An article on Pitt the Elder’s house of Burton Pynsent, Somerset
- On the Siege of Flushing, August 1809
And a joint post with Stephenie Woolterton of The Private Life of Pitt fame:
- “There’s Something About those Pitt Brothers”: Steph and I gush at length about Lord Chatham and Pitt the Younger
For Madame Gilflurt:
- An article on John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham
- And an article on Mary Elizabeth Pitt, Countess of Chatham
- An article on the collapse of Pitt the Elder in the House of Lords
- An article on Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland
For Mariana Gabrielle:
- A post on Mary, Countess of Chatham and her mysterious illness
And a quick post for the Bluestocking Belles’ Teatime Tattler:
- A fictionalised look at the interruption by “Mad Jack” Fuller of the Walcheren inquiry