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Sep 21, 20205 min read

Review - The Bear Cavalry by D.G. Valdron

By Gary Oswald The sad truth is I’m not actually that big a fan of professionally written alternate history books. I’m not one of those...

Jun 24, 202016 min read

Africa During the Scramble: The Great Lakes Kingdoms

By Gary Oswald At the beginning of the 19th century, the coast of Africa was well known, but the interior was still a mystery. Maps...

May 27, 202013 min read

Africa during the Scramble: The Last Kingdom

By Gary Oswald In 1868, the British Army invaded Ethiopia in order to free hostages that had been taken by Emperor Tewodros II to force...

May 13, 202011 min read

Africa during the Scramble: The Witch Hunters of Madagascar

By Gary Oswald The exact time Madagascar was first settled by humans is still disputed but most accounts date it to sometime between 200...

Apr 29, 202013 min read

Africa during the Scramble: The Asian Empire

By Gary Oswald There were eight European Empires involved in the Scramble. Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Turkey and...

Apr 25, 20204 min read

Review - Fugitives of Fate by T.L. Morganfield

By Gary Oswald Historical Romances, like all stories set in the past, have a variable level of historical accuracy. Some authors clearly...

Apr 22, 20208 min read

Africa During the Scramble: Belgians in the Congo Part II

By Gary Oswald Leopold’s aim for his colony in Africa was to make money. His efforts in portraying himself as a humanitarian were always...

Apr 17, 202012 min read

Africa during the Scramble: Belgians in the Congo part 1

By Gary Oswald The history of Slavery in Africa is one going back thousands of years. In this it's much the same as every other...

Apr 13, 20205 min read

Review - The Fall of Rorke's Drift by John Laband

By Gary Oswald Ideas are cheap. Most people can come up with a thousand concepts for books. The skill is in the execution. In bringing...

Apr 1, 20209 min read

Africa during the Scramble: The Herero, the Nama and the Germans Part 2

By Gary Oswald Warning: This is an article about a Genocide and will be tough reading. As discussed at the end of the last article, the...

Mar 27, 20208 min read

Why write Alternative History?

By Gary Oswald Sea Lion Press is built around producing Alternative or Alternate History content and implicit in that goal is the...

Mar 18, 20209 min read

Africa during the Scramble: The Herero, the Nama and the Germans Part 1

By Gary Oswald The residents of the area that is currently the country of Namibia arrived there in a series of different migrations. The...

Feb 19, 202011 min read

Africa during the Scramble: Zulus, Thousands of them

By Gary Oswald In 1951, the word to indicate Z in the phonetic alphabet for radio communication was changed from Zebra to the more...

Feb 5, 202011 min read

Africa during the Scramble: The Christian

By Gary Oswald Looking at a political Map of Africa in 1870 what is perhaps most striking is how little European control there is....

Jan 22, 202012 min read

The Horrors of Saint Domingo: The Trotsky Option?

By Gary Oswald In 1820, in the aftermath of King Henry’s suicide, troops from the Southern Republic of Haiti invaded the Northern Kingdom...

Jan 15, 202010 min read

The Horrors of Saint Domingo: Monarchy or Republic?

By Gary Oswald The men who would later become Emperor Dessalines, King Henry and President Pétion had all been loyal soldiers of France...

Jan 2, 20208 min read

The Horrors of Saint Domingo: The French Connection?

By Gary Oswald The goal of the original slave uprising in Haiti was simply that they didn’t want to be slaves anymore. These were people...

Dec 19, 201911 min read

The Horrors of Saint Domingo: An Inevitable Revolution?

By Gary Oswald In August 1791 a number of plantation slaves met in the woods of Bois Caïman in North Haiti. That meeting was the starting...

Oct 27, 20198 min read

Vignette Sunday: Lessons from History

By Gary Oswald On the Sea Lion Press Forums, we run a monthly Vignette Challenge. Contributors are invited to write vignettes on a...

Oct 17, 20197 min read

Elizabeth I's offer from the Moroccan Sultan

By Gary Oswald 1578 - The Portuguese Empire was one of the first and most powerful Global Empires. It ruled land in South America, West...

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