2009

22 February - Historical Fiction Panel, joint event with Robyn Young and Michael Dobbs, 6.45pm, Salisbury Guildhall

3 March - Zulu Hart, 7pm, Kensington Central Library, Phillimore Walk, London W8 7RX

4 March - Zulu Hart, 3.30pm, Davies, Laing and Dick College, 100 Marylebone Lane, London

5 March - London Launch party for Zulu Hart, 6.30-8.30 pm, Goldsboro Books, 7 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4EZ

6 March - Bath Launch party for Zulu Hart, 7 for 7.30 pm, Topping & Co Bookshop, The Paragon, Bath BA1 5LS. Tickets £5 with £5 off the book

9 March - 'The 1st Anglo-Afghan War, 1839-42: A Warning from History', 10 am, Peace and Conflict Resolution Conference, Bath Royal High School, Bath

18 March - Historical Fiction Panel, joint event with Robyn Young and Justin Kerr-Smiley, 6.30pm, Waterstone's, 39-41 Notting Hill Gate, London W11 3JQ. Tickets £3 with £3 off a book

25 March - 'Rorke's Drift and the writing of Zulu Hart', 7.30pm, Frome Library, Justice Lane, Frome, BA11 1BE T: 01373 462215

21 April - 'The 1st Anglo-Afghan War, 1839-42: A Warning from History', 6.30 pm, KCL-Oxford Brookes Seminar, King's College London, Strand, WC2R 2LS.

1 May - 'Lord Cardigan and the Crimean War', 4.15pm, Monmouth School, Monmouth

3 June - Introduction to screening of film 'Zulu', Bermondsey Cinema

4 June - 'Zulu Hart', 2pm, HMP Shepton Mallet

13/14 June - 'Greatest Classical Generals' and 'The History of War Reporting', Althorp Literary Festival

16 July - 'The 1st Anglo-Afghan War, 1839-42: A Warning from History', 6.30pm, Army Benevolent Fund, Wrexham Barracks, Wrexham

27 August - 'Historical Fiction', joint event with Allan Massie, 2.30pm, Edinburgh International Book Festival, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh

26 September - 'Zulu Hart', Wigtown Literary Festival

10 October - Launch party for War: From Ancient Egypt to Iraq, 11.30pm, Imperial War Museum. All welcome.

12 November - 'Greatest Battles!' - Joint event with Simon Scarrow and Patrick Mercer, discussing the battles of Waterloo, Inkerman and Rorke's Drift, 7pm, London History Festival, Kensington Central Library, Phillimore Walk, London W8 7RX. Tel. 020 7361 3010. Tickets £5. www.londonhistoryfestival.com

 

2008

6 February – 'The Fall of Delhi', University of Bradford

5 March – 'The Fall of Delhi', University of Birmingham

16 April – 'Soldiers: A Military History of Britain, 1660-1982', University of Hull

24 April – 'Hodson of Hodson's Horse', Army & Navy Club

10/11 May – 'War Reporting' and 'Greatest General Debate', Nidderdale Literary Festival

15 June – 'Victoria's Wars', Althorp Literary Festival

11-18 July – 'The Crimean War', Three Guest lectures on The World cruise ship

18 September – 'Victoria's Wars', Bath Library (with Adrian Tinniswood)

27 September - 'Greatest General Debate', Windsor Literary Festival

22 October - 'The 1st Anglo-Afghan War, 1839-42: A Warning from History'', Research Seminar, All Souls' College, University of Oxford

30 October – 'Greatest General Debate', Salisbury Guildhall

18 November – 'The Fall of Delhi' – Hampstead Literary and Scientific Institute

 

2007

19 April - 'War Reporting', Waterstone's, Notting Hill Gate

5 May – 'Fall of Delhi', Who Do You Think You Are? Live History Show, Earl's Court

10 May – 'The Indian Mutiny', Celebrity Lecture, National Army Museum, Chelsea

5 June – 'War Reporting', Waterstone's, Putney

17 July – 'Fall of Delhi', Imperial War Museum, London

11 August – 'Fall of Delhi', English Heritage Festival of History,

12 August – 'The Indian Mutiny', Edinburgh International Book Festival (with William Dalrymple)

18 August – 'Fall of Delhi', Royal British Legion Attendants' Company Trust

 

2006

31 May – 'Victoria's Wars', Hay Literary Festival

5 August – 'Victoria's Wars', Cambridge History Festival

25 August – 'Victoria's Wars', Edinburgh International Book Festival

27 September – 'Victoria's Wars', Prince Consort's Library, Aldershot

5 October – 'War Reporting', Frontline Club, Paddington (with David Loyn)

6 October – 'Victoria's Wars', Fettes College, Edinburgh

15 November – 'The Boleyn Inheritance', Bristol Grammar School (with Philippa Gregory)

16 November – 'The Gurkhas in the Indian Mutiny of 1857', Gurkha Association, Gloucester C.C.C., Bristol

18 November – 'Victoria's Wars', Royal Monmouth RE Dinner, Monmouth Castle

28 November – 'How the West was Won', Waterstone's, Tonbridge Wells (with Tom Holland and Niccolo Capponi)

7 December – 'Victoria's Wars', Hereford Cathedral School