Oliver Greeves

Historical author Oliver Greeves dives into the remarkable tale of HMS Lady Nelson, the vessel named after his ancestor, Lady Fanny Nelson, which played a pivotal role in shaping early Australia.

I was delighted by the invitation to be the guest speaker at this year’s Trafalgar Day Lunch in Sydney on Lord Horatio Nelson.

Middle Harbour Probus Club enjoyed my visit featuring insights on leadership and Georgian society from research for my Georgian era novels.

After over 220 years, Josiah Nisbet, stepson of British Naval hero Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson, has returned to his birthplace, the...

In 1800, Horatio Nelson, still celebrating his brilliant naval victory for the British at the battle of the Nile, travelled home from...

It’s far more common to find people celebrating Trafalgar Day, October 21 - this coming Saturday – in Britain than in Australia, but...

When I was writing Nelson’s Lost Son I had a moment, best described as ‘serendipitous’. One of the heroes in my novel is a former slave...

One thing I love about Historical Fiction is its ability to transport you to an event and a place – and characters – who often leave a...

Admiral Lord Nelson is a towering figure in British and world history; the man who destroyed the combined Franco-Spanish fleet at...

Today is the anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar on October 21 1805. I have been thinking about that long ago battle and the lessons...

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

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

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

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

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