**Dr. Jacob F. Field *is a historian and writer who was a contributor to 1001 Historic Sites and 1001 Battles *. He is the author of * One Bloody Thing After Another: The World's Gruesome History,and We Shall Fight on the Beaches: The Speeches That Inspired History *, both published by Michael O'Mar...

**Dr. Jacob F. Field *is a historian and writer who was a contributor to 1001 Historic Sites and 1001 Battles *. He is the author of * One Bloody Thing After Another: The World's Gruesome History,and We Shall Fight on the Beaches: The Speeches That Inspired History *, both published by Michael O'Mara Books. He studied for his undergraduate degree at the University of Oxford, and then moved to Newcastle University for his PhD, where he completed a thesis on the Great Fire of London. He then worked as a research associate at the University of Cambridge.