Nicholas Courtney is an author, broadcaster and lecturer. After graduating from the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester he managed two estates in Northamptonshire, then took a sabbatical to travel in Europe and sail the length and breadth of the Mediterranean.
It was then (1970) that his love affair with the Croatian littoral began. On his return to England he was appointed the general manager of the Island of Mustique in the West Indies where he stayed for four years.
He then began writing, at first fiction followed by historical non-fiction. Among his many published works are the award-winning The Queen’s Stamps, the Official History of the Royal Philatelic Collection, and Swinley Special.