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Avarice of Empire is the untold true story of Captain Charles Agnew, immortalised by the hand of an assassin. Out now in paperback and ebook.

For people who aren't able to voluntarily create mental images — aphantasia — visual descriptions and metaphors have little or no utility.

David Olusoga tells the story of the beginnings of the British Empire under Elizabeth I.

The carte de visite of Lieutenant Charles Carrington 'Carrin' Churchward of the 16th Lancers was likely made in Dover in 1865.

How a member of the Drummond family, the former owners of Strathallan Castle, became involved in the story of a murder in Egypt is revealed in Avarice of Empire by C.Q. Turnstone (Brindle Books, March...

INTERVIEW BY ANNE EASTER SMITH Before studying for a Master’s in Imperial and Global History at the University of Exeter, C.Q. Turnstone spent most of his career specialising in digital marketing and ...

Turning point in Carnfunnock and Larne history is setting for opening chapter of Avarice of Empire by C.Q. Turnstone (Brindle Books, March 2025)

Avarice of Empire by C.Q. Turnstone is published today by Brindle Books in paperback and ebook. Biographical historical fiction. The Charles Agnew story.

The mystery surrounding the death of a British Army captain at the hands of an ‘assassin’ in Egypt during the nineteenth century has been explored by a new piece of historical fiction, released this w...

The moment of parting came all too soon and I found myself billeted along with six other fellows in the dingy attic room of a boarding house near the North Pier in Blackpool. We were

With only a week to go until the release of Avarice of Empire in ebook and paperback on 6th March, I thought I’d share a recent interview with my publisher about the story and my

So it was that in 1942 I travelled by rail to Bombay where together with eight other R.A.F. types I boarded the “Athlone Castle” which had been converted from a luxury liner to a troopship.

We were surprised to discover that our new environment was a tented camp situated outside the perimeter wall of the Hindustan Aircraft Factory. Close by the tents was the cookhouse – a small building ...

Marc-William PalenHistory Department, University of Exeter "Tariff Man" Trump continues to tear up the trading system while also making imperial demands for territorial expansion. To just about everyone's surprise, his grand colonial scheme to "make America great again" now includes making Canada the 51st state - and using the threat of punitive tariffs to get what he wants.

Our day consisted of breakfast, then down to the hangers where we carried out our battery charging, testing of wireless gear and repairing where necessary. Each of us would be given a certain duty, wh...

Avarice of Empire eBook : Turnstone, C. Q. : Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

Eventually we arrived at our destination, Peshawar in the North West Frontier Province where we were met by a shooting-brake driven by a huge ginger-haired L.A.C. He was the C.O.’s chauffeur normally,...