Partially it read: 'one of the scarce documents held in my family, is a Daguerreotype of an unknown relative, which I have been unable to...

A potentially very interesting new piece of evidence has emerged today for those trying to piece together 'the Fate of Franklin' from the...

Much of the content of 'James Fitzjames: The Mystery Man of the Franklin Expedition' was researched by me from primary sources....

Professor Russell Potter (why am I always tempted to describe Russell as 'the indefatigable'?) has just beaten off the rest of the...

I'm grateful to Howard Leader of BBC Radio Lincolnshire for having taken the trouble to read my book 'James Fitzjames: The Mystery Man of...

📷The finding of HMS Investigator has made headline news across the world. What a great achievement! The Parks Canada website has a very...

I simply couldn't have been more delighted by the launch party for 'James Fitzjames: The Mystery Man of the Franklin Expedition'...

Well, I am absolutely delighted to say that my book, 'James Fitzjames: The Mystery Man of the Franklin Expedition' has been published. I...

Yesterday I was able to visit the Edinburgh tomb of Lt. John Irving, RN, of the Franklin Expedition. As many people will be aware this...

I 'm very pleased to be able to say that my book 'James Fitzjames: the Mystery Man of the Franklin Expedition' will be launched with a...

I was very impressed with this set of images of the famous Franklin Expedition Daguerreotypes on the Scott Polar Research Institute's...

When I started researching the life of James Fitzjames one of the things I always found odd was that he had no known date or place of...

Blogging has been a little quiet lately but interesting research into the Franklin Expedition continues in the UK, Canada and elsewhere....

There are several reasons why I refer to James Fitzjames in my book as the ‘Mystery Man’ of the Franklin Expedition. For example, it is...

While my research recently has focused on James Fitzjames, Graham Gore is another of Franklin’s officers whose story has been obscured....

Well, we have a title now. The book will be called "James Fitzjames: The Mystery Man of the Franklin Expedition" and I'm busy now...

When the Illustrated London News published engravings of officers from the missing Franklin Expedition on 13th September, 1851, they did...

Now here is some exciting news: the Wills family, relatives of Lt. Henry Le Vesconte of the Franklin Expedition, has identified a...

These are exciting times in Franklin Expedition studies, especially if you live in or with access to London. On Tuesday 20th September at...

James Fitzjames is the subject of my forthcoming book, with a publication date targeted at July 2010. With the date on which the text...