Pen Sword History imprint: 259 books
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Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2019
The history of sexuality in Ireland remains relatively understudied when compared with the more well-worn paths of political and military history, but that is not to say that it has never been considered. Now, in the fourth installment of the 'Irish perspectives' collaboration between Pen and Sword...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2018
The 1790s is one of the most critical decades in the history of modern Ireland. The decade witnessed the birth of the modern ideology of separatist Irish republicanism, the creation of the Orange Order, and the greatest bloodletting in modern Irish history in the form of the 1798 rebellion. In the...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2019
In the twenty-first century there are two jurisdictions on the island of Ireland, and two very different heads of state represent the populations of Ireland and Northern Ireland respectively: the elected presidency of the republic, and the hereditary monarchy of the United Kingdom. But the idea of...
An Infamous Mistress
The Life, Loves and Family of the Celebrated Grace Dalrymple Elliott
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2016
**“**Courtesan. Spy. Survivor. A gripping and meticulously researched account of the swashbuckling life of one of history’s most overlooked heroines.” —Hallie Rubenhold, author of The Five
Divorced wife, infamous mistress, prisoner in France during the French Revolution, and the reputed...
Cholera
The Victorian Plague
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
“[A] fusion of science, social, and medical history . . . fascinating . . . the understanding of and responses to cholera are covered in detail and with sensitivity” —The Victorian Web
Discover the story of the disease that devastated the Victorian population, and brought about major...
Myths That Shaped Our History
From Magna Carta to the Battle of Britain
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
All nations and peoples have a body of legendary tales and semi-historical episodes which explain who they are and help to define their place in the world. The British are no exception and in this book Simon Webb explores some of the most well-known episodes from British history; stories which tell...
Menus, Munitions and Keeping the Peace
The Home Front Diaries of Gabrielle West 1914 - 1917
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
When Gabrielle West wrote diaries about her war to send to her much missed favorite brother in India she had no idea that a hundred years later they would be of interest to anyone. Soon after the outbreak of the First World War, Vicar’s daughter Gabrielle joined the Red Cross and worked as a volunteer...
Same Sex Love 1700-1957
A History and Research Guide
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
Family history is often seen as the stories of people who were part of a traditional family unit, married to someone of the opposite gender, had children and lived their lives as 'normally' as possible. But what of the relatives who could not accept that this was the life for them, and were attracted...
A Secret History of Brands
The Dark and Twisted Beginnings of the Brand Names We Know and Love
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2017
The true—and often shocking—stories behind some of the biggest names in business.
We live our lives immersed in name brand products. What most of us don’t know is that the origins of many of the most well-known and beloved brands in the world are shrouded in controversy, drug use, and...
by Simon Webb
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2018
There is an ancient and quite baseless myth that the use of torture has never been legal in Britain. This old wives' tale arose because torture had been neither endorsed nor forbidden by either statute or common law. In other words; the law has, until the late twentieth century, never had anything...
by John D Grainger
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
Syria (which in its historical wider sense includes modern Syria, Lebanon, Israel/Palestine and Jordan) has always been at the centre of events of world importance. It was in this region that pastoral-stock rearing, settled agriculture and alphabetic writing were invented (and the dog domesticated)....
A History of Cigarette and Trade Cards
The Magic Inside the Packet
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2018
How trading cards captured the popular culture—from war to sports, science to celebrities—with tips on how to start and develop your own collection.
The collection of picture cards has fascinated generations of children and adults since the late nineteenth century. Between 1900 and 1940, cartophily,...
Guildhall
City of London
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2018
This is the first ever comprehensive history, guide and companion to the Guildhall, City of London.
After the Romans deserted Londinium, where and when does London’s history restart? The answer lies within the highly visible, but rarely seen, ceremonial centre of the City of London: Guildhall.
This...
Family First
Tracing Relationships in the Past
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
Discover the history of family roles and relationships—and how to learn more about your own ancestors.
A blend of social history and family history, Family First looks at relationships and our attitudes and experiences surrounding them—fathers, mothers, babies, children, aunts, uncles,...