Shaun Lewis
What I would buy with a spare £50,000
In my latest novel They Have No Graves as Yet I honour the men of the #royalnavy mine disposal units during WW2. As such, I was very...
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Shaun Lewis
- Nov 27, 2019
- 4 min
On Lancashire Day let's remember a Lancashire hero
Today is Lancashire Day when the people of Lancashire celebrate the anniversary of sending its first members to the Model Parliament of...
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Shaun Lewis
- Oct 30, 2019
- 2 min
Unsung Heroes and Forgotten Campaigns
A 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...
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Shaun Lewis
- Oct 7, 2019
- 2 min
Ungentlemanly conduct in the Baltic
I 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...
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Shaun Lewis
- Jun 23, 2019
- 2 min
THE ADMIRALTY BUYS A PERSIAN OIL FIELD
In June 1913, Winston Churchill as First Lord of the Admiralty, persuaded the House of Commons that the Treasury should spend £2.2...
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Shaun Lewis
- May 31, 2019
- 2 min
The Anniversary of the Battle of Jutland
Today, on 31st May in 1916, 250 British and German ships met in what became known in the Battle of Jutland. The battle was to last until...
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Shaun Lewis
- May 20, 2019
- 2 min
The First Submarine Escape
I open my first novel, The Custom of the Trade, with a tragic submarine accident, in September 1911. The inspiration for my story came...
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Shaun Lewis
- Feb 27, 2019
- 1 min
My Third Novel - The Wings of the Wind
I am delighted to announce that I have just submitted my third novel to my publisher. Part of my For Those in Peril series, this story...
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Shaun Lewis
- Feb 15, 2019
- 1 min
When was the centenary of the formation of GCHQ?
Yesterday, HM the Queen marked the start of GCHQ's centenary celebrations. In 1919, the Royal Navy's Room 40, of which I write in my...
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Shaun Lewis
- Feb 11, 2019
- 3 min
The First 'C' - Head of MI6
The current and all past heads of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) are and have been known as 'C', for "Chief", but the first...
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Shaun Lewis
- Feb 4, 2019
- 2 min
The German U-Boat Blockade of Britain
Today (4th February) in 1915, the German government announced that it would impose a submarine blockade of Great Britain with effect 18th...
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Shaun Lewis
- Dec 4, 2018
- 1 min
ANNOUNCING MY NEW HISTORICAL THRILLER - DUE OUT 17 DECEMBER 2018
My new book will be launched in just under two weeks' time. It tells the tale of a young man's reluctant entry into Britain's embryonic...
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Shaun Lewis
- Nov 12, 2018
- 8 min
Taster of my new novel - Now the Darkness Gathers
With just five weeks to go before the publication of my pre-WW1 espionage thriller, Now the Darkness Gathers, here is a taster of what...
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Shaun Lewis
- Nov 5, 2018
- 2 min
German spies in Britain before WW1
In all my writing, I have three aims; to entertain, to inform and to inspire. To achieve the latter two objectives, I carry out...
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Shaun Lewis
- Oct 23, 2018
- 2 min
My Next Book - Now the Darkness Gathers
I have just sent the final proofs back to my publisher for the next novel in my series about the Miller family in WW1. It was odd to read...
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Shaun Lewis
- Dec 16, 2017
- 2 min
THE RUSSIAN THREAT TO OUR UNDERSEA CABLES – BRITAIN HAS BEEN HERE BEFORE
It is being reported by the Media that the Russians have a ship, the Yantar, capable of severing Britain’s underwater communications...
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Shaun Lewis
- Dec 4, 2017
- 2 min
Jellicoe - The only man capable of losing WW1 in a single afternoon
Today, in 1916, Admiral Jellicoe was appointed First Sea Lord. It was not to be a successful office for him. Jellicoe is best known for...
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Shaun Lewis
- Nov 27, 2017
- 1 min
And we think footballers are heroes
Eight years ago today, Able Seaman Kate Nesbitt was awarded the Military Cross by HRH Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace. She became...
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