I spent the princely sum of £3.98 today on some rather good, second hand hardback books from the Oxfam charity shop in Tavistock. They’re both in excellent condition and will be great reading material for colonial skirmish wargaming, which is something I’ve been interested in for years but have never quite got round to actually doing, mainly due to not being able to make up my mind from the numerous possibilities to choose from!

The Savage Wars is particularly well illustrated and organised in thematic sections, each of which covers a different aspect of colonial warfare including campaigning, battles, communications and technology, for example. It’s all very interesting and a mine of useful detail on Victorian and Edwardian colonial warfare, right up to the end of the First World War.