James Hobson has written six books for Pen and Sword after a career in teaching History in secondary schools. His first book was Dark Days of Georgian Britain, a social history of the Regency period, and later works have focussed on radical Britain 1600-1800. In this new book, he returns to his main interest, the political and social history of the late Georgian era. James Hobson has taught and written about History as teacher for twenty-five years. His first book was The Dark Days of Georgian Britain, a social history of the Regency period. His other interest is the English Civil War – studying this as his specialism under Professor John Morrill while at the University of Cambridge.