Oliver Greeves

People who first meet me as an historical author keen on sailing and naval history, are sometimes a bit bemused that most of my life was...

Fascinated by all things nautical, the drop-in centre run by the Mission to Seafarers caught my attention on my recent trip to Hobart....

Book Review, as published in the magazine of the Naval Historical Society of Australia: Naval Historical Review, Vol. 42. No. 4 -...

A notorious dissolute - a man of stupendous wealth - a ménage a trois, a gothic cathedral, the nation’s hero and Christmas; what do these...

I wasn't sure how a novel focusing on the battles at home and abroad of one of Britain's major naval heroes would be greeted in the US....

November in the US is National Novel Writing Month when about half a million people commit to writing a 50,000-word manuscript in a month...

As we remember the Battle of Trafalgar on Trafalgar Day, let's toast Horatio Nelson and also his often forgotten junior officers.

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Australians have been entertained recently by the contortions of the Labor Party as they attempt to shoehorn one of their “privileged”...

British naval hero Vice Admiral Lord Nelson’s dramatic death sealing his heroic legacy occurred at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. I am...

I was recently delighted to be involved in an exchange which further sparked my interest in the Nelson “diaspora”; descendants of the...

It’s amazing what you can find on YouTube. After completing “Nelson’s Folly", written from the perspective of my ancestor Viscountess...

As published in The Naval Review 18-Mar-21. Reviewed by Happy Jack “Behind every great man is a woman”, goes the old saying and,...

(Horatio) often declared that his marriage (to Fanny) was of equal service to his character to any naval exploit he had achieved.

Image: Nevis from the sea. Discovering Fanny’s Caribbean Island Home. Knowing where someone started often gives a fascinating insight...