 Ian
Fletcher
The author of well over twenty books, mainly about
Wellington and his army. Ian leads all the tours to the
Peninsula and Waterloo. He will also be present on the
tours to the Crimea and co-hosts the Redcoats tour.
Click here for a full
biography.
 Patrick
Mercer
Patrick
leads our tour to the Crimea,
subject to availability, and to Italy for the D-Day
Dodgers tour. Patrick, MP for Newark, retired
from the army with the rank of Colonel of the Sherwood
Foresters. He is the author of Give Them a Volley and
Charge! and Inkerman 1854.
 James
Falkner
There
aren’t too many who know the Marlburian battlefields
as well as James, the author of Great and Glorious
Days, The Battle of Blenheim, and Marlborough’s
Wars and Marlborough's Sieges, to name a few.
James leads our tours to Oudenarde and Culloden and
co-hosts the Redcoats tour.
 Julian
Spilsbury
Julian will be leading our tour to Russia, along
with the WW2 tours to Berlin and the Limousin. An ex-regular soldier, Julian is the
author of several books including major works on both
the Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny. A TV
scriptwriter, He also writes many of the military obituaries
that appear in the Daily Telegraph.
 Natalia
Ishchenko
Natalia is co-author, along with Ian Fletcher, of
the acclaimed The Crimean War : A Clash of
Empires. Natalia is assistant professor at the
Vernardsky University in the Crimea and is the author
of Krimskaia Voina 1853-56. She is a doctor of
English literature and adds much Russian insight on our
Crimean War tour.
 John
Strecker
John is not only our invaluable tour
manager on the tours to Waterloo and the
Peninsula, but is also the author of several articles on
the King's German Legion.
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