Britannia's Guile: The latest addition to the Dawlish Chronicles

It's that time of year again ... when the latest addition to Antoine Vanner's DAWLISH CHRONICLES is published! The latest volume is entitled BRITANNIA'S GUILE, and I am already over a quarter of the way through it.

I 'discovered' the DAWLISH CHRONICLES soon after the first book in the series was published, and since then I have bought and read each of the new books as they have become available. I have also corresponded fairly regularly with Antoine Vanner by email, and some time ago I was asked by him to write a guest post on his blog.

The books concentrate on the life and career of Nicholas Dawlish, a Royal Navy officer who often works (unofficially) for Admiral Sir Richard Topcliffe. Topcliffe is the head of the British government’s intelligence service, and many of the operations that Dawlish is asked to undertake are ones that are necessary for the safety and continued influence of Britain on the world stage, but which are also officially deniable should they go wrong.

One thing that marks out Antoine Vanner's work is the level of background research he does into the history, politics, and technological developments of the era, and they are work reading for that alone.

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The ten books in the series that have been published to date are (in chronological order):

• BRITANNIA’S INNOCENT: THE DALISH CHRONICLES: FEBRUARY 1864 – MAY 1864
• BRITANNIA’S GUILE: THE DAWLISH CHRONICLES: JANUARY 1877 – AUGUST 1877
• BRITANNIA'S WOLF: THE DAWLISH CHRONICLES: SEPTEMBER 1877 – FEBRUARY 1878
• BRITANNIA'S REACH: THE DAWLISH CHRONICLES: NOVEMBER 1879 – APRIL 1880
• BRITANNIA'S SHARK: THE DAWLISH CHRONICLES: APRIL 1881 – SEPTEMBER 1881
• BRITANNIA'S SPARTAN: THE DAWLISH CHRONICLES: JUNE 1859 AND APRIL 1882 – AUGUST 1882
• BRITANNIA'S AMAZON: THE DAWLISH CHRONICLES: APRIL 1882 – AUGUST 1882
• BRITANNIA'S MISSION: THE DAWLISH CHRONICLES: AUGUST 1883 – FEBRUARY 1884
• BRITANNIA'S GAMBLE: THE DAWLISH CHRONICLES: MARCH 1884 – FEBRUARY 1885
• BRITANNIA’S MORASS: THE DAWLISH CHRONICLES: SEPTEMBER 1884 – DECEMBER 1884

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BRITANNIA’S GUILE: THE DAWLISH CHRONICLES: JANUARY 1877 – AUGUST 1877 was written by Antoine Vanner and published in 2021 by Old Salt Press (ISBN 978 1 9434 0438 4) and can be purchased via Amazon.