chiselbury
@chiselbury
Independent British publisher of fiction, non-fiction & military history. Thoughtful books, distinctive voices. Veteran-owned
Picked as one of @hellomag Hello Magazine’s 20 best books to read on holiday in 2025… ‘The Missing Boy’ by Caroline Bullock (and published by Chiselbury). “Caroline Bullock's debut novel certainly hit that sweet spot. …I didn't want to put it down.” hellomagazine.com/shopping/70162…
July 17th 1982: US Defence Secretary Caspar Weinberger provides an assessment of the war for President Reagan: "Although the British had inadequate or no contingency plans for such an effort, they did extremely well in developing ad hoc plans..." 1/5
🚨 One of @hellomag’s 20 best books to read on holiday 2025 "I didn’t want to put it down." Caroline Bullock’s haunting debut The Missing Boy is a gripping mystery of memory, guilt and long-buried secrets. 📘 Out now. #TheMissingBoy #HolidayReads #DebutNovel #Mystery
On the latest episode of Authors of History Podcast I talk to the wonderful @ENortonHistory about Tudor Queens and Queens in History, Advising on films and teaching history at RADA. Please like and share. #podcast #History play.acast.com/s/67c5cc6ab48a…
(Re)visited the Douaumont Ossuary today - the centrepiece of the commemoration of the Battle of #Verdun - which contains the unidentified remains of as many as 130,000 soldiers - French and German - who fell during the 1916 battle. #WW1 #RogerOnTour
Today, Charlie Richards, veteran of #TheChindits, #LeicesterRegiment & #BurmaCampaign of #WW2 marks 104 with his favourite #ChocolateCake. Thank you for your outstanding service and A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY INDEED‼️🎉🥳🎈🎂
In a deeply engaging conversation, Chris Parker, a silat guru, reveals all to Mick Tully about his new book, The Brain Always Wins 2, co-authored with Dr John Sullivan. @Willwitter youtu.be/CLGQbVP_Iz0?si…
Thank you @AntonyRowntree ! Another 5 star review for Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945: the greatest combined arms operation you’ve never heard of! Get the full details here, from the grand strategic decisions, to the eyewitnesses on the ground, combat and logistics - the book…
Special Operations Executive was founded today 1940. I remember today my father & those who served along side him, his Jedburgh colleagues & other brave SOE members who were in his life, #OdetteHallowes & #VirginiaHall. Bless them all 🙏🙏🙏
It’s out! Enjoy our chat with @philipwoods10 about the war correspondents who covered the 1942 campaign in Burma
Our new episode, Reporting the Retreat, is out now! Join us as @philipwoods10 discusses the fascinating work of war correspondents in the 1942 Burma campaign. Learn about their struggles with censorship, transport, and the difficult realities of the front lines. Catch it now on…
And, also, a feature by @richard_duckett about the SOE operation which ensured Britain won the war: Operation Character.
Inside issue 148 - Cover feature: @robert_lyman on Lieutenant General Bill Slim's cunning plan to take on Japanese defences in Burma, 1945, after victory in Kohima and Imphal. ➡️ Buy Today: history-of-war.visitlink.me/aFYo7M Pictured, IWM SE 3311.
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With VJ Day approaching there is renewed focus on the Burma Campaign. My own @forgottenwarpod the @WeHaveWaysPod miniseries on Burma 45 & also a @BBCRadio4 dramatisation of George MacDonald Fraser's Quartered Safe Out Here. I thought I would take a look at that…
Just realised it’s a year ago today that I did a packed talk on the Battle of the Admin Box at @WeHaveWaysPod Fest Vier. And @Npteggchaser took the immortal photo of @robert_lyman and I afterwards 😂 @almurray @James1940 @chiselbury
With VJ Day approaching there is renewed focus on the Burma Campaign. My own @forgottenwarpod the @WeHaveWaysPod miniseries on Burma 45 & also a @BBCRadio4 dramatisation of George MacDonald Fraser's Quartered Safe Out Here. I thought I would take a look at that…
If you have enjoyed this thread, do not forget that my book covers the entire Battle for Meiktila, and the truly amazing operations around it. You can order it from @chiselbury but also @amazon @Waterstones @ColesBooks and many more. 🧵ends.
You’ll all be excited to hear that I’ve spent today building a 10-part @guidltours to the great battle of Mandalay Hill 8-13 March 1945, starring Maj Gen Pete Rees, Brig Jerrard and the 2nd Royal Berkshires, 4/4th Gurkha Rifles, 1/15th Punjab and 4/12th Frontier Force Regiment…
Something different for Sunday listening, on @BBCRadio4, @ 3pm, Quartered Safe Out Here, a dramatisation of George MacDonald Fraser's book about the fighting in Burma. Goes along well with the @forgottenwarpod & @WeHaveWaysPod at the moment. My copy from @robert_lyman Tks. #Burma
A travel book like no other. Follow a father and son to Dachau, Auschwitz, Mauthausen and more — not for leisure, but remembrance. 'Along the Roads to Hell' is a guide through the physical, historical, and emotional geography of Europe’s darkest sites. chiselbury.co.uk/bookstore/p/al……
📘 Last night we marked the powerful return of We Can’t Even March Straight by Ed Hall — 30 years after it first exposed the brutal treatment of gay & lesbian personnel in the Armed Forces. A moving launch for a book as urgent today as it was in 1995. 🏳️🌈 #LGBTQHistory…
