1803, Gillray, J. , French Invasion or Buonaparte Landing in Great Britain
Satirical prints by James Gillray It is worth remembering that while this site concentrates on invasion scare stories of the Victorian and […]
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Freeman, R. (2009) The Great Edwardian Naval Feud
ichard Freeman (2009) The Great Edwardian Naval Feud: Beresford’s Vendetta Against ‘Jackie’ Fisher Interesting background to the period when Britain was building […]
1909, Townroe, B.S., A Nation in Arms
B. S. Townroe, H. (1909) A Nation in Arms (Play) A play produced on behalf of the National Service League as a […]
Dienstbach, C. and MacMechen, T.R. (1909) The Aerial Battleship
Dienstbach, C. and MacMechen, T.R. (1909) The Aerial Battleship. McLure’s Magazine, August, 1909 An article discussing the role of airships in war. […]
Clarke, I. F. (1979). The Pattern of Expectation 1644-2011
Clarke, I. F. (1979). The Pattern of Expectation 1644-2011. Book Club Associates / Jonathan Cape. Discussion of the future is a working […]
Piper, L. (2002 / 2007), The Tragedy of Erskine Childers
Dangerous Waters – The Life and Death of Erskine Childers by Leonard Piper (2002) republished as The Tragedy of Erskine Childers – […]
Erskine Childers – Biographical Sources
Biography An overview biography can be found at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Erskine_Childers There is considerable biographical detail in Maldwin Drummond’s The Riddle (1985) Further […]
Drummond, M. (1985) The Riddle
The Riddle by Maldwin Drummond (1985) Nautical Books, London This is the definitive study of the background to the writing of The […]
Conan Doyle, A. (1913) Great Britain and the Next War
Arthur Conan Doyle (1913) Great Britain and the Next War – published in Fortnightly Review, February 1913. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was […]
Burnaby, F. (1876) A Ride to Khiva
Fred Burnaby (1876) A Ride to Khiva It is 1875, the time of the ‘Great Game’, when the British and Russian Empires […]