Robert Griffith

I have always loved history, of all periods, but when I began reading the Sharpe, Hornblower, Ramage and other novel series I became fascinated by the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The period is so rich in larger-than-life characters, sweeping societal changes, and of course the twenty year-long wars against France and all the suffering, drama, and heroism they entailed. I wrote a series of novels set during the Napoleonic Wars and then joined a living history group to immerse myself further. I then was asked to write my first non-fiction title, Riflemen, and fell in love again. This time with sitting in dusty archives and uncovering the real lives of those caught up in momentous events. Now I am lucky enough to be working both as freelance editor specialising in the period, and continuing to research and write history.