Free online talk on “Jackson’s Wars,” July 7

On July 7 at 6:45 pm, I'll be delivering a 45-minute online talk that's free to all. It's part of "The Group of Seven Come to Amherstburg," a pop-up event hosted July 1-10 by Art Windsor-Essex (formerly the Art Gallery of Windsor) and The River Bookshop in Amherstburg. There will be a live viewing of...

The last voyage of the Gloucester in 1682: the loss of a royal ship and the implications for the future James II

The discovery of the wreck of the Gloucester, a royal ship en route to Scotland with James Stuart, the future James II of England, aboard, has been revealed. The wreck was found in 2007 but kept a secret until its identity was confirmed. Claire Jowitt has a new article in English Historical Review (free to...