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See and hear Stephen Dando-Collins talking about The Buna Shots
Wih the launching of his 48th book, THE BUNA SHOTS: The Amazing Story Behind Two Photographs that Changed the Course of World War Two, Stephen returns to a subject he covered in the acclaimed Heroes of Hamel – Australians and Americans fighting alongside each other in a make-or-break battle. This time, this true account, described by reviewer Peter…
REBELS AGAINST ROME Lands January 31, 2023
REBELS AGAINST ROME: 400 Years of Rebellions Against the Rule of Rome, my 45th book believe it or not, is being published in the US by Turner Publishing on January 31, and a little later in the UK, Australia and New Zealand, in hardback, paperback and e-book. I want to especially thank my good friend…
TALKING CYRUS THE GREAT WITH RICHARD FIDLER – PODCAST
It was great to be back in the studio talking with my old friend Richard Fidler on his Conversations hour on ABC Radio across Australia this week, discussing my latest biography CYRUS THE GREAT. And the reaction we’ve had from listeners was most gratifying. The top-rating podcast version of our chat is available via this…
CYRUS THE GREAT is Coming!
In the middle of a pandemic comes the inspiring tale about a leader who survived an assassination attempt as a child, survived the scourge of domination by a foreign power as a young man, survived battle after battle as an adult as he led his people to freedom via rebellion, and built the greatest empire…
Standing Bear Statue on Capitol Hill
Last week the Washington Post quoted from my 2004 book Standing Bear is a Person as it reported that a statue of Standing Bear was unveiled on Washington’s Capitol Hill. I was delighted to hear of the statue. Several years ago I supported a move to have Standing Bear celebrated on a new US dollar coin. That…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CALIGULA!
Today, August 31, is the anniversary of the birth of Caligula, aka Gaius, third emperor of Rome, 2007 years ago. Caligula was an unfortunate and fearful boy who happened to walk through his grandfather’s door at the wrong time, to find that he would be the next emperor. I’m sure he would have been much…
CALIGULA ‘BOOK OF THE MONTH’
Caligula The Mad Emperor of Rome hit US bookstores on July 30. Amazon rated it their #1 new release in the Roman biography category. The Royalty.nu website made it their ‘Book of the Month.’ On realclearhistory.com, in a second rave review, Ralph Benko described it as ‘a small masterpiece.’ Supporting Professor Lee Frantantuono’s glowing assessement of…
ME AND MARGARET GEORGE
This is me at the Pont du Gard in Provence a couple of years ago. While I was guest speaker on a cruise ship going up and down the Rhone I took the opportunity to revisit some old haunts as part of the research for my upcoming biography CALIGULA, The Mad Emperor of Rome. As…
CALIGULA Attracts Startling Advance Reviews
I should start by pointing out that the above spead-eagle image was the shield emblem of the 22nd Primigenia Legion, a Roman legion believed to have been founded by young emperor Caligula for his aborted invasion of Britain. I tell you all about it in my upcoming biography CALIGULA, The Mad Enperor of Rome, which…
75th Anniversary of The Great Escape
As I will be telling listeners on ABC Radio across Australia this coming Sunday night on the Nightlife program, the night of March 24-25 is the 75th anniversary of the 1944 tunnel breakout by 76 Allied airmen from the POW camp at Sagan in Silesia, Stalag Luft 3. Note, it is written Stalag Luft 3,…