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Publications & Reviews
Existing titles
I have written three books:
- The Scottish Soldier: an illustrated social and
military history of Scotland’s fighting men through two thousand years
(Archive Publications with the National Museums of Scotland), 1987, (ISBN 0
948946 11 3)
“The virtue of Mr Wood’s
book…lies…in his ability to pick out, and then elaborate upon, the
key moments in the development of the Scottish soldier”
- Trevor
Royle, Glasgow Herald, 18 July 1987.
“Stephen Wood has produced…a
lively, interesting over-view of the Scottish soldier, which includes a general
account of the tactics, weaponry and general conditions of the soldier’s
lot throughout the centuries…A splendidly-produced volume with a
thought-provoking text and exceptional illustrations”
- Philip J.
Haythornthwaite, Military Illustrated, December 1987/January 1988. |
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- In the Finest Tradition: The Royal Scots Dragoon
Guards (Carabiniers and Greys), its history and treasures
(Mainstream,
Edinburgh), 1988, (ISBN 1 85158 174 X)
“Stephen Wood…is fully
familiar with the campaigns in which the regiment fought, its traditions and
heirlooms and its special characteristics…Stephen Wood has a fluent, often
witty, style in which he marshals and presents detailed material in an easily
comprehensible form. An excellent account of a justly famous regiment”
- Philip Warner, Scotland on Sunday, 8 January 1989. |
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- The Auld Alliance: Scotland and France, the
military connection
(Mainstream, Edinburgh), 1989, (ISBN 1 85158 215
O).
“…a splendid book, rich in
prose, pictures and substance. Well researched in detail and comprehensive in
outlook…Stephen Wood shows his true competence and knowledge here with a
brilliant selection of pictures and prose…”
- George Currie,
Scottish World, May 1990.
“…a well-known writer on
Scottish military affairs…by far the best effort to date…his
illustrational resources have provided a fair number of artefacts of interest
to the collector…the text should prove rewarding to the casual reader as
well as the military/civil historian.”
- Andrew Mowbray, Man at Arms,
March/April 1990. |
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Forthcoming Titles
I published one article in 2003:
‘ “Fake, imitation or copy?” A silver gorget
of The Black Watch: a case study’ in Waffen- und Kostümkunde:
Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft für Historische Waffen- und Kostümkunde,
Sonnefeld, Band 45, Heft 1, pp. 57-65.
I published two articles in 2004:
‘A French officer's small-sword c.1740’ in Royal
Armouries and their Collections, Livrustkammaren, Stockholm,
Sweden, 2004, pp. 70-78.
‘Two swords awarded for the bombardment of Algiers 1816’
in A farewell to arms: studies on the history of arms and armour
- Liber Amicorum in honour of Jan-Piet Puype, former senior curator
of the Army Museum Delft,
Legermuseum, Delft, Netherlands, 2004, pp. 14-33.
The following article was published in 2005:
‘Swords for the Crimea: some Scottish officers’ swords
manufactured for Britain’s war with Russia 1854-56’
in The Journal of the Arms and Armour Society,
London, Vol. XVIII, No. 3, pp 115-135.
Articles scheduled for publication in 2007 will be on the use of
heraldry in British military uniforms from the 15th to the 20th
centuries and on a group of British naval presentation swords from
the 1790s.
In September 2004, following some ten years' work, the
immense and multi-volume Oxford Dictionary of National Biography was
published; I have contributed entries on five distinguished 18th and 19th
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Other Writings
| I contributed 53 entries on arms and armour,
uniforms, badges, medals and military museums (a total of
35,000 words) to The Oxford Companion to Military History,
edited by Professor Richard Holmes, (Oxford University Press),
2001, (ISBN 0 19 866209 2).
In 2003 I contributed 21 out of a total of 48 articles on
arms and armour to Peter Finer's Catalogue 2003. In 2005 I
contributed 16 out of a total of 50 articles for Peter Finer’s
catalogue 2005 as well as, with Mr Finer, editing the 2005
catalogue. See my Portfolio page for details.
In addition to the above, I have written some 50 articles
on military history, military museums and arms and armour
for scholarly and other publications, have written two monographs,
and have contributed numerous book reviews to a wide range
of publications - from newspapers to learned journals. |
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