Charles Stephenson is an established author on naval and siege warfare and the history of fortifications, with the following books in print: The Fortifications of Malta 1530-1945, Zeppelins: German Airships 1900-40, The Channel Islands 1941-45: Hitler's Impregnable Fortress, The Admiral’s Secret Weapon: Lord Dundonald and the Origins of Chemical Warfare, Germany's Asia-Pacific Empire: Colonialism and Naval Policy, 1885-1914 and The Siege of Tsingtau: The German-Japanese War 1914. He was Consultant Editor and a contributor to Castles: A History of Fortified Structures: Ancient, Medieval & Modern. He is also the creator of the four books that (thus far) constitute the Samson Plews Collection.