Charles Stephenson

Charles Stephenson is an established author on naval and siege warfare and the history of fortifications, with the following books in print: The Fortifications of Malta 1530–1945, Zeppelins: German Airships 1900–40, The Channel Islands 1941–45: Hitler's Impregnable Fortress, The Admiral's Secret Weapon: Lord Dundonald and the Origins of Chemical Warfare, and Germany's Asia-Pacific Empire: Colonialism and Naval Policy, 1885–1914. He was consultant editor and a contributor to Castles: A History of Fortified Structures: Ancient, Medieval & Modern. He is also the creator of the three books that (thus far) constitute the Samson Plews Collection.