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  • Island Life: A History of Looe Island
  • The Mole of Edge Hill: The World of Williamson’s Tunnels
  • Walking the Wolds Way: Yorkshire on Foot, from Hull to Filey
  • Losing the Plot: Adventures in Surviving A New Allotment
  • As Wide As All The World
  • Walking the White Horses: Wiltshire’s White Horse Trail on Foot
  • Prayer in Time of War
  • For Those In Peril
  • Walking The Standing Stones: Wiltshire’s Sarsen Way & Cranborne Droves Way
  • A Miracle of Deliverance

    I’m honoured to have had one of my short stories included in the forthcoming Dunkirk-themed anthology “A Miracle of Deliverance”, which also includes the work of my fellow Sapere Books authors Patrick Larsimont, D.R. Bailey, Daniel Colter, Suzanne Parsons, Tim Chant and Tony Rea. Available to preorder now for Kindle, at a special early-bird price,…

    davidclensy

    November 11, 2025
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  • Operation Demon: The Royal Navy’s Daring Evacuation from Greece

    Operation Demon: The Royal Navy’s Daring Evacuation from Greece

    In the spring of 1941, the British and Commonwealth forces in Greece faced a grim reality. The German invasion, launched under Operation Marita, had swept through the Balkans with alarming speed. By mid-April, it was clear that the Allied position on the Greek mainland was untenable. What followed was Operation Demon, a hastily organised and…

    davidclensy

    October 3, 2025
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    Historical Fiction, history, military, navy, Second World War, World War II, WW2, WWII
  • What’s in a name? How the British named military operations in World War 2

    What’s in a name? How the British named military operations in World War 2

    November 2025 sees the release of In Danger’s Hour (preorder for Kindle now), the second part of the Romulus Hutchinson Naval Adventure Series. Following their earlier adventures in For Those In Peril, in this second instalment, we follow the twins’ service throughout 1941, from the Mediterranean to the coast of west Africa. It covers a series of key…

    davidclensy

    October 2, 2025
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    Historical Fiction, history, military, naming conventions, operation chastise, operation market garden, operation mincemeat, operation overlord, operational names, Second World War, World War II, WW2, WWII
  • The May Blitz: Liverpool’s week of devastation

    The May Blitz: Liverpool’s week of devastation

    November 2025 sees the release of In Danger’s Hour (preorder for Kindle now), the second part of the Romulus Hutchinson Naval Adventure Series. Following their earlier adventures in For Those In Peril, in this second instalment, we follow the twins’ service throughout 1941, from the Mediterranean to the coast of west Africa. But back home, Liverpool is devastated…

    davidclensy

    October 1, 2025
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    Historical Fiction, history, liverpool, May Blitz, Second World War, World War II, WW2, WWII
  • The Battle of Cape Matapan: A Turning Point in the Mediterranean

    The Battle of Cape Matapan: A Turning Point in the Mediterranean

    November 2025 sees the release of In Danger’s Hour (preorder for Kindle now), the second part of the Romulus Hutchinson Naval Adventure Series. Following their earlier adventures in For Those In Peril, in this second instalment, we follow the twins’ service throughout 1941, from the Mediterranean to the coast of west Africa. For our central…

    davidclensy

    September 30, 2025
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    Cape Matapan, Historical Fiction, history, navy, Second World War, World War II, WW2, WWII
  • Otto Kretschmer: The silent U-boat ace of the Atlantic

    Otto Kretschmer: The silent U-boat ace of the Atlantic

    November 2025 sees the release of In Danger’s Hour (preorder for Kindle now), the second part of the Romulus Hutchinson Naval Adventure Series. Following their earlier adventures in For Those In Peril, in this second instalment, we follow the twins’ service throughout 1941, from the Mediterranean to the coast of west Africa. But as Rom…

    davidclensy

    September 29, 2025
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    germany, Historical Fiction, history, military, Otto Kretschmer, Royal Navy, Second World War, U-99, U-boat, World War II, WW2, WWII
  • Sea Breezes magazine review of For Those In Peril

    I was delighted to see For Those In Peril reviewed in the latest edition of Sea Breezes magazine. The reviewer summed up the novel as ‘…a compelling naval yarn and a moving portrait of a generation tested by conflict.‘

    davidclensy

    September 16, 2025
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  • Western Daily Press article

    Thanks so much to the Western Daily Press for running this piece in the fabulous West Country Life supplement about my writing. If you’re in the South West, do pick up your copy of the paper today! FOR THOSE IN PERIL, the first book in the Romulus Hutchinson Naval Adventure series, is out now: https://getbook.at/ForThoseInPeril

    davidclensy

    September 13, 2025
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  • Walking the Standing Stones talk at Wiltshire Museum

    I’ve been invited to speak about my new book, Walking The Standing Stones, at Wiltshire Museum, in Devizes, on Friday September 26th, 7.30pm. Do join me if you can, to hear about our adventures walking the Sarsen Way and Cranborne Droves Way, followed by a book signing. For more details and to book, visit the…

    davidclensy

    September 8, 2025
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  • Walking The Standing Stones – Out Now!

    Walking The Standing Stones – Out Now!

    Delighted to launch Walking the Standing Stones today! Following our earlier adventures on the White Horse Trail (as published in Walking The White Horses, 2023), my 12-year-old son Charlie and I set off on another long walk – this time seeking to tackle Wiltshire’s Sarsen Way, from Swindon to Salisbury. Along the way, we came…

    davidclensy

    September 5, 2025
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