Welcome
to the website of author and historian Angus Konstam. What
you'll find here is a full list of Angus' previous
books, a section about the author, and details of his latest
projects.
With over 60 history books in print, Angus is a widely recognised
and much-published historian. While he specialises in military
and naval history he has also written numerous more general
history books, designed to make the subject more accessible
to a wider audience. Uniquely he has been able to draw on
his expertise as a senior museum curator who has worked
on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as on his academic
training as a historian and as a maritime archaeologist.
Angus' most recent titles include a full-length biography:
Blackbeard: America's Most Notorious
Pirate, which was published by Wiley & Sons.
of New York in early June 2006.
His latest book is a history of the Allied landings at
Salerno in September 1943 for the British publisher
Pen & Sword.
He has recently finished working on a new project, Sovereigns
of the Sea: The Quest for the Renaissance Battleship.
This is due to be released in the summer of 2008.
Angus lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.