At a recent talk to Mosman Rotary Club in Sydney, I shared about how my novels not only explore the great battles and worlds which are both familiar and foreign to us, but also the personal struggles of those in British naval hero Lord Horatio Nelson’s shadow. My second novel focuses on his stepson Josiah, my ancestor Fanny Nelson’s son from her first marriage; a young man who carried both privilege and rejection in his blood.

Sometimes emails can surprise you.  The other day I received a communication which began “ Dear Dr Greeves… The form of address roused my...

An unexpected call from ABC radio personality Suzanne Hill asking about “the wife of the famously one-armed victor of the Battle of...