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On 1 September, Operation Basalt became available in paperback.  Order your copy from Foyles (free shipping in the UK) for just £12.99. More details on other bookshops coming soon. This book includes a brand new and highly detailed map of the area of operations.

The History Press has just run this short article of mine about Mrs Pittard, the real heroine of Operation Basalt.

For some reason, this has taken a year to appear, but better late than never: http://www.itv.com/news/channel/2017-04-11/remembering-operation-basalt-capturing-the-enemy/ I did, however, notice that under a photo of some German soldiers relaxing on the island, ITV has captioned this: “The team of British Commandos who captured Nazi soldiers in Sark”.  Um, I don’t think so …

Operation Basalt has just gotten a great review in a US newspaper. “Lee’s gripping, well-researched Operation Basalt shines a bright light on a tiny, yet important, corner of World War II,” writes Chris Patsilelis in the Tampa Bay Times. To read the whole review, click here.

Major Geoffrey Appleyard, the commander of the force that landed on Sark in October 1942, died in a plane crash in July 1943 and his body was never found. Nevertheless, he is remembered by a memorial at the Bradley Baptist Churchyard which was created in 1946. That memorial has been rediscovered and is being fixed…

The Daily Mail has a fantastic article about the raid and my book, here.

Damien Lewis, the best-selling author of Hunting Hitler’s Nukes, Churchill’s Secret Warriors, and The Nazi Hunters, has just called Operation Basalt “An authentic and compelling read.”

Following up on a very positive review of Operation Basalt in the Wall Street Journal last month, ten days ago the WSJ decided to publish this letter: I write in reference Martin Rubin’s review of “Operation Basalt” by Eric Lee (Books, Aug. 13). Sybil Hathaway, my great aunt, was a far braver and better person than…

This review appeared in yesterday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.  From the review: It was a minor incident in a long war. In a raid on the night of Oct. 3, 1942, about a dozen British commandos landed on the tiny Channel Island of Sark, capturing one German soldier and shooting others when they…