Simon Millar was born in Malaysia in 1957. He joined the British Army in 1977, and having retired in 1994 subsequently rejoined his regiment, the Irish Guards, in 2001. He has previously written "Kolin 1757: Frederick the Great's First Defeat," and "Assaye 1803: Wellington's first and 'bloodiest' victory" for the Osprey Campaign series. The author lives in Wiltshire, UK..