The Battle of Borodino: New Perspectives

As part of its 1812Week the NHSA is delighted to welcome back Rohan Saravanamuttu, as our speaker for a talk on the great battle of Borodino. Rohan graduated with distinction from the Department of War Studies, Kings College, London and taught as an assistant to Professor Philip Sabin. He is a contributor to “The Encyclopaedia of […]

The Challenges faced by Russia’s High Command in the 1812 Campaign

NHSA 24 Kingfisher Court, Hambridge Road, Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom

As part of the NHSA week of talks, exhibitions and tabletop simulations in which we study the momentous campaign of 1812 - the invasion of Russia by the largest army Napoleon ever commanded, we are once again honoured and privileged to welcome Professor Alexander Mikaberidze as one of our speakers.  Alexander Mikaberidze is Professor of History […]

The Battle of Pavia – Culimination of the Italian Wars

NHSA 24 Kingfisher Court, Hambridge Road, Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom

The NHSA is delighted to welcome Charles Singleton as our speaker for an event in which we study the battle of Pavia of 1525, arguably the decisive battle of the […]

New perspectives on the Crimean War

NHSA 24 Kingfisher Court, Hambridge Road, Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom

Our next talk, on the battles of the Crimean War, will be at 9.15 a.m. on Saturday 9 December. Martin Sheppard is a historian who has written three books on […]

The Relief of Orleans 1429

NHSA 24 Kingfisher Court, Hambridge Road, Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom

The NHSA is honoured to welcome the leading medieval military historian, Dr. Matthew Bennett FRSA, as our speaker for this event in which we study one of the most famous […]