MONOGRAPHS

Glory and Endurance. Nicholas Trant and the Portuguese Army in the Peninsular War, 1808–1814, Warwick: Helion & Company. Forthcoming in 2027.

The British Cheer: Psychological Warfare in the Napoleonic Era, Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2023. Link to Purchase

ARTICLES/PRESENTATIONS

‘John Gildon’s The Siege of Badajoz. A Musical Battle from the Peninsular War.’ Waterloo Journal, Vol. 48, No. 2 (Summer 2026), pp. 11–16.
‘General Sir James Leith in Spain, 1808.’ The Napoleon Series. https://www.napoleon-series.org/biographies/biographies/general-sir-james-leith-in-spain-1808/
‘A Letter from Wellington’s 1813 Vitoria Campaign.’ The Napoleon Series. https://www.napoleon-series.org/biographies/eyewitness-accounts/a-letter-from-wellingtons-1813-vitoria-campaign/
‘“A Damnable Sport”? British and French Perceptions of Bull-Fighting at the Time of the Peninsular War.’ The Napoleon Series. https://www.napoleon-series.org/book-reviews/miscellaneous-topics/a-damnable-sport-british-and-french-perceptions-of-bull-fighting-at-the-time-of-the-peninsular-war/
‘The 5th Division at Salamanca: Greville’s Report.’ Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, Vol. 103, No. 414 (Autumn 2025).
‘“The Presiding Spirit of this Tempest”: A Profile of General Sir James Leith (1763–1816).’ British Journal of Military History, Vol. 11, No. 1 (2025). https://bjmh.gold.ac.uk/index.php/bjmh/article/view/1870
‘“Play up! Play up! And play the game!” The Emergence of Cricket in the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars.’ The Napoleon Series. https://www.napoleon-series.org/book-reviews/miscellaneous-topics/8912-2/
‘Letters and Journal of Captain Henry Neville, 14th Light Dragoons (1788-1809).’ The Napoleon Series. https://www.napoleon-series.org/biographies/biographies/letters-and-journal-of-captain-henry-neville-14th-light-dragoons-1788-1809/
‘Another Respectable Spy: Henry Stanyford Blanckley (1785–1819).’ Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, Vol. 101, No. 405 (Summer 2023).
‘A Walcheren Journal.’ The Napoleon Series. https://www.napoleon-series.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/A-Walcheren-Journal.pdf
‘Peninsular War Letters of Lieutenant General Sir William Henry Pringle, 1812, 1813 & 1814.’ Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, Vol. 100, No. 400 (Spring 2022).
‘A Wellington Letter in Southeast Missouri.’ Waterloo Association Journal, Vol. 43, No. 1 (Spring 2021).
‘“Mourn for the Mighty Dead”: Music for the Passing of the Duke of Wellington in 1852 in the Illustrated London News.’ The Napoleon Series. https://www.napoleon-series.org/biographies/music-for-the-passing-of-the-duke-of-wellington-in-1852-in-the-illustrated-london-news/
Lecture: ‘Sir Nicholas Trant’ for the Friends of the Lines of Torres Vedras, 24 March 2026

IN PREPARATION:

British Prisoners of War during the American War of Independence
Robert Southey’s History of the Peninsular War
The Battle of Orthez, 27 February 1814