James Falkner

James Falkner served as a British Army infantry officer, both Regular and Territorial, for 25 years, and as a Company Secretary for seventeen years. He is acknowledged as being amongst the leading modern authorities on 18th Century warfare, most particularly the campaigns of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, and the work of the celebrated French military engineer Marshal Vauban. James has made a special study of siege warfare, and also the Virginia campaigns in the American Civil War. He regularly gives lectures and presentations to a wide range of militaria and learned societies, and spoke to great acclaim at the National Army Museum's 'Britain's Greatest General' seminar, and at The National Archives commemoration of the 300th anniversary of the Treaty of Utrecht. He writes for the leading militaria and historical journals, and has frequently been the expert guide with tour parties to battlefields all across central and western Europe. His most recent work, a biography of Prince Eugene of Savoy, will be published in April 2022. James Falkner is married with two daughters, and lives in Hampshire, England.