I’ve been meaning for a while to put together a bibliography of the sources I’ve used for writing my books. I know that a lot of my readers enjoy learning more about the campaigns after reading the novels and I hope this will be helpful to them. It will also be helpful to me if I need to revisit anything.
This is not a formal academic bibliography, so I’ve not necessarily used academic citations, but have tried to make it as easy as possible to find the sources. Where possible, I’ve included a link either to Amazon or to the source itself if is available online. This is an ongoing project and I’ll be adding to it regularly. If anybody is aware of a book or a source which they think might be of interest, please e-mail or message me with the details.
Author | Title | Pub date | Which books used for |
Bond, Gordon | The Grand Expedition: the British invasion of Holland in 1809 | 1979 | This Blighted Expedition |
Esdaile, Charles | Women in the Peninsular War | 2014 | The Peninsular War Saga |
Howard, Martin R | Walcheren 1809: the scandalous destruction of a British army | 2012 | This Blighted Expedition |
Griffith, Robert | Riflemen: The History of the 5th Battalion, 60th (Royal American) Regiment – 1797-1818 | 2019 | The Peninsular War Saga |
Limm, Andrew | Walcheren to Waterloo: the British army in the Low Countries during the French revolutionary and Napoleonic wars 1793-1815 | 2018 | This Blighted Expedition |
Maughan, A M | Young Pitt (fiction) | 1974 | Some issues with the history, but good for getting a sense of the period politically |
Maughan, A M | The King’s Malady | 1978 | Some issues with the history, but good for getting a sense of the period politically |
Munch-Petersen, Thomas | Defying Napoleon: how Britain bombarded Copenhagen and seized the Danish fleet in 1807 | 2007 | An Unwilling Alliance |
Popham, Hugh | A Damned Cunning Fellow: the eventful life of Rear-Admiral Sir Home Popham KCB, KCH, KM, FRS 1762-1820 | 1991 | An Unwilling Alliance
This Blighted Expedition An Unrelenting Enmity |
Runnebaum, Julius | General Graf Carl von Alten: ein Soldat Europas | 1964 | An Unrelenting Enmity |
Reiter, Jacqueline | The Late Lord: the life of John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham | 2017 | This Blighted Expedition |





