Mark S. Thompson
Mark Thompson is an independent Military Historian specialising in the Peninsular War 1808-14. In 2009, he completed a PhD focusing on the role of the Royal Engineers during this period. This was published as Wellington's Engineers in 2015. In 2020 he published Wellington’s Favourite Engineer on the Napoleonic services of Field Marshal John Fox Burgoyne RE. He has presented at conferences in the UK and abroad. He is a member of the British Commission for Military History, the Friends of the British Cemetery at Elvas, the Royal Engineers Historical Society and the Friends of the Lines of Torres Vedras. Visit his website at www.marksthompson.co.uk to find a complete list of his publications.
Books
- Wellington and the Lines of Torres Vedras : The Defence of Lisbon during the Peninsular War, 1807-1814 Author
- Wellington's Favourite Engineer : John Fox Burgoyne: Operations, Engineering, and the Making of a Field Marshal Author