Shaun LewisMar 312 minAn honest and independent review of my workI was most pleasantly surprised to read in a recent newsletter that somebody had not only gone to the trouble of buying and reading my bo...
Shaun LewisFeb 142 minHow a top secret intelligence report inspired the title of my first novelI am often asked why I chose to call my first novel, The Custom of the Trade. Given that the plot revolves around WW1 submarine operatio...
Shaun LewisFeb 111 minMy third novel quickly proves a hitLast week, my third WW1 naval thriller, The Wings of the Wind, was published by Endeavour Media as an e-book and the paperback was brough...
Shaun LewisNov 27, 20194 minOn Lancashire Day let's remember a Lancashire heroToday is Lancashire Day when the people of Lancashire celebrate the anniversary of sending its first members to the Model Parliament of E...
Shaun LewisNov 25, 20191 minAnother example of screenwriters' distortion of history and defamation of heroesI have asked this question in a previous blog. Why do screenwriters distort historical events so much? Over the weekend, I watched the ...
Shaun LewisNov 19, 20191 minGosh! Somebody has been reading my booksI was very pleased recently to receive an email from a Mr Land. His grandfather was a cousin of Admiral Earl Beatty and Mr Land was inte...
Shaun LewisNov 8, 20192 minHow WW1 didn't end until February 1920As we prepare to celebrate the Armistice of November 1918, it is worth remembering that the war didn’t end on that day for all. Indeed, ...
Shaun LewisNov 4, 20192 minNaval Heroes of WWI - Martin Nasmith VCThe hero of my submarine novel, The Custom of the Trade, is partially based on the exploits of Lieutenant Commander Martin Nasmith during...
Shaun LewisNov 2, 20193 minA moving memorial service for an outstanding captainYesterday, I was privileged to attend the memorial service at the Old Naval College, Greenwich, for my old captain in HMS Plymouth, Capta...
Shaun LewisOct 30, 20192 minUnsung Heroes and Forgotten CampaignsA continuing theme of my novels is the often unsung heroes and largely unknown activities of the Royal Navy in WW1. My aim is to bring t...
Shaun LewisOct 23, 20192 minAn unsung hero of WW1 - Fleet Paymaster Charles John Ehrhardt RotterOne of the first acts by the Royal Navy during WW1was to have the German underwater telegraphic cables cut in the North Sea, thus denying...
Shaun LewisOct 7, 20192 minUngentlemanly conduct in the BalticI am now about two thirds of the way through the first draft of my latest and fourth WW1 naval thriller, Where the Baltic Ice is Thin. I...
Shaun LewisSep 24, 20192 minThe birth of naval aviationMy third novel in the WW1 naval thriller For Those in Peril series is scheduled for publication by Endeavour Media in January 2020. It c...
Shaun LewisSep 17, 20192 minHow to kill a WW1 submarineSeveral readers of my WW1 submarine thriller, The Custom of the Trade, have expressed surprise at how difficult it was to detect and sink...
Shaun LewisAug 19, 20192 minWHY DO FILM MAKERS DISTORT HISTORY SO BADLY?This weekend, I watched a dreadful submarine film, K-19: The Widowmaker’. It had an all-star cast, including Joss Ackland, Harrison Ford...
Shaun LewisAug 6, 20193 minHOW TURKEY MIGHT NOT HAVE JOINED GERMANY IN WW1It is a well-known fact that on 4th August 1914, Great Britain declared war on Germany. However, it is less well-known that events takin...
Shaun LewisJul 13, 20192 minHydrogen gas and submarines. Danger!In my submarine thriller, The Custom of the Trade, I describe an accident in an early submarine caused by hydrogen gas. Even today, hydr...
Shaun LewisJul 13, 20191 minHydrogen gas and submarines. Danger!In my submarine thriller, The Custom of the Trade, I describe an accident in an early submarine caused by hydrogen gas. Even today, hydro...
Shaun LewisJun 24, 20192 minThe submarine with two VCsThe forgotten, but outstandingly successful submarine campaign in the Dardanelles and Sea of Marmara, deprived the Turks of vital supplie...
Shaun LewisJun 23, 20192 minTHE ADMIRALTY BUYS A PERSIAN OIL FIELDIn June 1913, Winston Churchill as First Lord of the Admiralty, persuaded the House of Commons that the Treasury should spend £2.2 millio...