Quintin Barry
Quintin Barry is a solicitor and a retired Employment Judge. He has also held a variety of offices in both the public and private sector, including the NHS and local radio. Following a lifelong interest in history, he is the author of a large number of books on military and naval history. These include an acclaimed two-volume history of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871, a history of the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, the first modern history of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878, and a study of the life and career of Helmuth von Moltke. He has also written a biography of the 17th Earl of Derby, which was published in 2012. His history of the First World War in the North Sea was published in 2016.
Books
- The Battle of Lissa 1866 : How the Industrial Revolution changed the face of naval warfare Author
- The War in the North Sea : The Royal Navy and the Imperial German Navy 1914-1918 Author
- The Battle of the Chesapeake 1781 : The Royal Navy and the Battle that Lost America Author
- Bazaine 1870 : Scapegoat for a Nation Author
- Command of the Sea : William Pakenham and the Russo-Japanese Naval War 1904-1905 Author
- From Solebay to the Texel : The Third Anglo-Dutch War, 1672-1674 Author
- Last Throw of the Dice : Bourbaki and Werder in Eastern France 1870-71 Author
- Moltke and His Generals : A Study in Leadership Author
- Disputed Victory : Schley, Sampson and the Spanish-American War of 1898 Author
- Far Distant Ships : The Blockade of Brest 1793-1815 Author
- War in the East : A Military History of the Russo-Turkish War 1877-78 Author
- The Somme 1870-71 : The Winter Campaign in Picardy Author
- The Road to Koeniggraetz : Helmuth von Moltke and the Austro-Prussian War 1866 Author
- The Franco-Prussian War 1870-71 Volume 1 : The Campaign of Sedan. Helmuth von Moltke and the Overthrow of the Second Empire Author
- The Franco-Prussian War 1870-71 Volume 2 : After Sedan. Helmuth von Moltke and the Defeat of the Government of National Defence Author
