Rob Griffith
@robgriffith.bsky.social
Writer specialising in the British Army during the Revolutionary & Napoleonic Wars. Editor at Helion & Co. Bakes a great scone. He/him.
Cartoon from Punch, October 1937.
October 13, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Cartoon from Punch, October 1937.
A taste of the titles coming in the first half of next year from Helion's From Reason to Revolution series. www.helion.co.uk/forthcoming-...
September 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
A taste of the titles coming in the first half of next year from Helion's From Reason to Revolution series. www.helion.co.uk/forthcoming-...
Researching the Corunna campaign. Returned to my fave source used for my Vimeiro book: Brig Gen Anstruther's journal. Great stuff, but often impossible to read. Can anyone decipher the underlined word? Rest of sentence in thread.
August 24, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Researching the Corunna campaign. Returned to my fave source used for my Vimeiro book: Brig Gen Anstruther's journal. Great stuff, but often impossible to read. Can anyone decipher the underlined word? Rest of sentence in thread.
I'm very pleased to have received another great review for So Just and Glorious a Cause, this time from Gareth Glover on the Napoleon Series website: www.napoleon-series.org/book-reviews...
So Just and Glorious a Cause – Britain and the Liberation of Portugal – Rolica and Vimeiro, 1808 | The Napoleon Series
So Just and Glorious a Cause – Britain and the Liberation of Portugal – Rolica and Vimeiro, 1808 Robert Griffith Helion Books (From Reason to Revolution 1721-1815 No 131) 2024 ISBN 9781804514399 Pages...
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June 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I'm very pleased to have received another great review for So Just and Glorious a Cause, this time from Gareth Glover on the Napoleon Series website: www.napoleon-series.org/book-reviews...
An updated blog post on 'The Fact & Fiction of Captain Peter Blassiere, 5/60th Rifles'. My thanks to Thomas Hemmann for sending me the Hannoversches militairisches Journal article. daringdutycunningplans.wordpress.com/2018/12/19/t...
The Fact & Fiction of Captain Peter Blassiere, 5/60th
Almost everybody interested in the Napoleonic Wars will be familiar with Bernard Cornwell’s fictional rifleman, Richard Sharpe. However, the first fictional rifleman was probably from the 5th Bat…
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May 24, 2025 at 5:22 AM
An updated blog post on 'The Fact & Fiction of Captain Peter Blassiere, 5/60th Rifles'. My thanks to Thomas Hemmann for sending me the Hannoversches militairisches Journal article. daringdutycunningplans.wordpress.com/2018/12/19/t...
With a name like mine it's not often you come across it when researching. This from a court martial of an assistant surgeon of the 1st Foot.
May 3, 2025 at 5:22 AM
With a name like mine it's not often you come across it when researching. This from a court martial of an assistant surgeon of the 1st Foot.
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Latest on my blog: a Scotsman remembers the last visit of his uncle, a Highland soldier who died during the Napoleonic Wars.
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‘We never saw him again’: remembering a Scottish Highland soldier
Plate from Percy Groves, History of the 91st Princess Louise’s Argyllshire Highlanders (1894) The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars exacted an awful human toll. As one British publicat…
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April 8, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Latest on my blog: a Scotsman remembers the last visit of his uncle, a Highland soldier who died during the Napoleonic Wars.
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Can anyone help with the transcription of the underlined section? What I have so far in the thread below.
April 2, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Can anyone help with the transcription of the underlined section? What I have so far in the thread below.
I really enjoyed Bluestockings by Susannah Gibson. A really well written and researched book shedding much needed light on a neglected subject. The chapter on motherhood and child birth is a harrowing read though.
March 29, 2025 at 8:38 AM
I really enjoyed Bluestockings by Susannah Gibson. A really well written and researched book shedding much needed light on a neglected subject. The chapter on motherhood and child birth is a harrowing read though.
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A new blog post on a long and fascinating letter from Henry Clinton written at the end of the Vimeiro campaign.
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Brigadier General Henry Clinton and the Cintra Controversies
It is the curse of historians that new sources come to light once a book has been finished. Towards the end of the period when I was researching and writing my book on Sir Arthur Wellesley’s 1808 c…
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March 18, 2025 at 6:22 AM
A new blog post on a long and fascinating letter from Henry Clinton written at the end of the Vimeiro campaign.
daringdutycunningplans.wordpress.com/2025/03/18/b...
daringdutycunningplans.wordpress.com/2025/03/18/b...
A new blog post on a long and fascinating letter from Henry Clinton written at the end of the Vimeiro campaign.
daringdutycunningplans.wordpress.com/2025/03/18/b...
daringdutycunningplans.wordpress.com/2025/03/18/b...
Brigadier General Henry Clinton and the Cintra Controversies
It is the curse of historians that new sources come to light once a book has been finished. Towards the end of the period when I was researching and writing my book on Sir Arthur Wellesley’s 1808 c…
daringdutycunningplans.wordpress.com
March 18, 2025 at 6:22 AM
A new blog post on a long and fascinating letter from Henry Clinton written at the end of the Vimeiro campaign.
daringdutycunningplans.wordpress.com/2025/03/18/b...
daringdutycunningplans.wordpress.com/2025/03/18/b...
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Excited to announce my new business – Identity Spark Coaching. After 35+yrs in games (and surviving burnout), I'm prioritising my wellbeing and using my strengths to help lift up others. Limited free coaching sessions now available to help me build my practice hours: app.delenta.com/ta/@Identity...
March 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Excited to announce my new business – Identity Spark Coaching. After 35+yrs in games (and surviving burnout), I'm prioritising my wellbeing and using my strengths to help lift up others. Limited free coaching sessions now available to help me build my practice hours: app.delenta.com/ta/@Identity...
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New on All Things Georgian, 'Guest post by Dr Graham Cope - The Grand Old Duke of York and the Mary Clarke affair' - wp.me/p3JTNy-772 #mondayblogs
March 17, 2025 at 7:45 AM
New on All Things Georgian, 'Guest post by Dr Graham Cope - The Grand Old Duke of York and the Mary Clarke affair' - wp.me/p3JTNy-772 #mondayblogs
Can any one help me with a little French transcription? The underlined section is General Junot speaking to Colonel Murrary during negotiations about the Russian fleet in Lisbon, after the battle of Vimeiro.
March 17, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Can any one help me with a little French transcription? The underlined section is General Junot speaking to Colonel Murrary during negotiations about the Russian fleet in Lisbon, after the battle of Vimeiro.
Last night, we had to say goodbye to our wonderful Hope due to a sudden & severe illness. She was only 7, & we thought we’d have many happy years with her after her retirement from the Guide Dogs' breeding programme. She brought nearly 30 little life changers into the world and brought us much joy.
March 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Last night, we had to say goodbye to our wonderful Hope due to a sudden & severe illness. She was only 7, & we thought we’d have many happy years with her after her retirement from the Guide Dogs' breeding programme. She brought nearly 30 little life changers into the world and brought us much joy.
Sorting through images of Clinton’s papers this morning. He was adjutant general to Moore. The ever generous Gareth Glover sent them to me. Some absolute gems inc inspection reports for Moore’s regts, and unit embarkation returns for Corunna.
March 13, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Sorting through images of Clinton’s papers this morning. He was adjutant general to Moore. The ever generous Gareth Glover sent them to me. Some absolute gems inc inspection reports for Moore’s regts, and unit embarkation returns for Corunna.
New release from Helion: The Northern Coalition Against Napoleon:
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March 6, 2025 at 10:27 AM
New release from Helion: The Northern Coalition Against Napoleon:
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Starmer should have a Love Actually moment and withdraw Trump’s state visit invitation.
February 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Starmer should have a Love Actually moment and withdraw Trump’s state visit invitation.
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Time for King Charles to withdraw his invitation.
February 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Time for King Charles to withdraw his invitation.
The From Reason to Revolution titles to be released in the second half of the year are now on the website. For further details click: www.helion.co.uk/forthcoming-...
February 18, 2025 at 8:33 AM
The From Reason to Revolution titles to be released in the second half of the year are now on the website. For further details click: www.helion.co.uk/forthcoming-...
Publication day for @kabinettskriege.bsky.social's excellent Infantry in Battle! It's a great book that dispels many myths about 18th-century warfare. #history #militaryhistory #warfare
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January 16, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Publication day for @kabinettskriege.bsky.social's excellent Infantry in Battle! It's a great book that dispels many myths about 18th-century warfare. #history #militaryhistory #warfare
www.helion.co.uk/military-his...
www.helion.co.uk/military-his...
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Booking for our Wellington Congress 2025 is officially open! Head to this page to see what our programme has in store for you and to book your place! buff.ly/4juc21N #WellingtonCongress2025 @zwhitehistory @napoleonicquarterly.com @latelordchatham.bsky.social @rorymuir.bsky.social
Wellington Congress 2025
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January 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Booking for our Wellington Congress 2025 is officially open! Head to this page to see what our programme has in store for you and to book your place! buff.ly/4juc21N #WellingtonCongress2025 @zwhitehistory @napoleonicquarterly.com @latelordchatham.bsky.social @rorymuir.bsky.social