AUTHOR Allan Mallinson is to give a lecture and carry out a book signing at Devizes Books on October 5.

Mr Mallinson will speak about Passchendaele The Turning Point Of The First World War will be at the book shop in Sidmouth Street at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £8 in advance from the shop or £10 on the door.

Mr Mallinson, who lives in Wiltshire, served for 35 years in the army and began writing while he was still serving. Some of his books feature Wiltshire locations such as Devizes and Horningsham near Longleat.

He has written a series of novels featuring Matthew Hervey a fictional officer in the cavalry before and after Waterloo.