Pen Sword History imprint: 259 books
A Right Royal Scandal
Two Marriages That Changed History
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
From the authors of An Infamous Mistress: “The tale of two juicy 19th-century scandals, both concerning the aristocratic Cavendish-Bentinck family” (Cheshire Life).
Almost two books in one, A Right Royal Scandal recounts the fascinating history of the irregular love matches contracted by...
Mary Queen of Scots' Downfall
The Life and Murder of Henry, Lord Darnley
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
The story of the Scottish ruler—and the mysterious death of her ambitious and controversial husband.
In the early hours of February 10, 1567, a large explosion ripped through the lodgings at Kirk o’ Field, Edinburgh, where Mary Queen of Scotland’s consort, Henry, Lord Darnley, was staying....
Beneath the Big Top
A Social History of the Circus in Britain
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2014
“A valuable and illuminating read, shedding a lot of light on the political, economic and technological factors that have driven circus evolution” (The Circus Diaries).
Beneath the Big Top is a social history of the circus, from its ancient roots to the rise of the “modern” tented travelling...
by Caroline Jowett
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
As the place where prisoners, male and female, awaited trial, execution or transportation Newgate was Britain’s most feared gaol for over 700 years. It probably best known today from the novels of Charles Dickens including Barnaby Rudge and Great Expectations.
But there is much is more to...
by Kathy Martin
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2016
“This fascinating and enjoyable book tells the story of around 200 brand names, delving succinctly into their origins and fortunes over time” (Your Family History).
Many brands, including Boots, Hoover, and Kelloggs, were named after their founders whilst others have less obvious origins; for...
The Roman Empire and the Silk Routes
The Ancient World Economy & the Empires of Parthia, Central Asia & Han China
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2016
A fascinating history of the intricate web of trade routes connecting ancient Rome to Eastern civilizations, including its powerful rival, the Han Empire.
The Roman Empire and the Silk Routes investigates the trade routes between Rome and the powerful empires of inner Asia, including the Parthian...
Holding the Home Front
The Women's Land Army in the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2017
An “insightful and extensive” history of the women who took over agricultural duties in England during World War I (Sussex Living Magazine).
One could be forgiven for supposing that the story of the Women’s Land Army starts in 1939 during World War II. But it’s a much older and more complicated...
Tales from the Big House: Normanby Hall
400 years of its history and people
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
Tales from the Big House: Normanby Hall tells the story of a place known perhaps today mainly as the home where Samantha Cameron grew up, but historically it has been the seat of the Sheffield family, whose most famous member was arguably the Duke of Buckingham in the seventeenth century. As with...
British Concentration Camps
A Brief History from 1900-1975
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2016
For many of us, the very expression ‘Concentration Camp’ is inextricably linked to Nazi Germany and the horrors of the Holocaust. The idea of British concentration camps is a strange and unsettling one. It was however the British, rather than the Germans, who were the chief driving force behind...
Images of the Past: Wembley
The History of the Iconic Twin Towers and the Events They Witnessed
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2018
It was the field of dreams, the birthplace of legends, the hallowed home of our sporting gods. Historic Wembley Stadium, with its iconic Twin Towers, was truly the most revered of venues.
Until the Millennium, when the world-renowned colossus was demolished to make way for its futuristic replacement,...
Clan Fabius, Defenders of Rome
A History of the Republic's Most Illustrious Family
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2018
The history of the Fabii Maximii is in many ways that of the Roman Republic. In the legends and historical scraps that survived the Republic, the members of the Fabius clan were, more often than not, the hammers that forged the empire. Few families contributed more to the survival and success of the...
by Carole Mcentee-Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2019
Stalkers, bigamy, murders, domestic violence, hard work, continuous childbearing, starvation, illegal abortions, suicides. What was the reality of life for women in the masculine environment of an emerging steel town? Steel manufacturing began in Frodingham in 1890 and as agricultural workers came...
Creating Hitler's Germany
The Birth of Extremism
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2019
Germany's defeat in the First World War and the Treaty of Versailles that followed were national disasters, with far-reaching consequences not just for the country but for the world itself.
Weaving the stories of three German families from the beginning of Germany’s territorial aspirations...
Scourge of Henry VIII
The Life of Marie de Guise
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016
The little-known story of the mother of Mary, Queen of Scots and her feud with the Tudors: “Will fascinate anyone who loves a simmering, twisting tale” (All About History).
Mary, Queen of Scots continues to intrigue both historians and the general public—but the story of her mother, Marie...