About
I am an independent researcher from Lincolnshire, England. My PhD thesis (‘Horse Supply in the English Civil War’) looked at how civil war armies were supplied with horses, saddles, harness, and fodder; how supply systems developed over the course of the First Civil War; and what impact the demands of the armies had on England’s economy and society. After gaining my doctorate in 2001, I went on a career break from academic history which included working for Customs and Excise (just like Tom Paine and Geoffrey Chaucer) among other things. Now I’m back with new perspectives.
From 2008 to 2009 I worked as a data inputter for the Life in the Suburbs project. My first article, ‘Horse Supply and the Development of the New Model Army, 1642-1646′, was published in War In History in April 2008.
The best way to find out what this blog is all about is to read it. The tag cloud in the sidebar will give a good impression of the kinds of things I write about.
Comment Policy
Stalinist. Any comments which I consider to be trollish, or which give a false e-mail address, will be deleted without warning or explanation.
Review Policy
I sometimes review books that I’ve bought, but I don’t accept review copies of books.
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