Pen Sword History imprint: 259 books
by Rachel Knowles
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2017
Profiles of twelve trailblazing Regency Era women—from Jane Austen to Madame Tussaud—who took charge of their destinies and changed the world.
In the nineteenth century, women faced challenges and constraints that many of us would find shocking by today’s standards. What Regency Women Did...
The Yorkshire Witch
The Life & Trial of Mary Bateman
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
“A fascinating tale of witchcraft and skulduggery in darkest Yorkshire in the early 19th century. . . . An extraordinary story, brilliantly told.” —Books Monthly
On the morning of March 20, 1809, the woman who had earned herself the title of “The Yorkshire Witch” was hanged at York’s...
Dark Days of Georgian Britain
Rethinking the Regency
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
A historian reveals the grittier side of Regency England, far from the country houses and costume balls of high society.
Often upheld as a period of elegance with many achievements in the fine arts and architecture, the Regency era also encompassed a time of great social, political, and economic...
by Derek Tait
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2018
From Bohemian Rhapsody and David Bowie to Star Wars and Watergate, the history of an unforgettable era that rocked (and discoed) the world.
The 1970s was one of the most exciting, innovative, and colorful decades of the twentieth century. It was ten years of major events in music (Freddie Mercury,...
Death, Disease & Dissection
The Life of a Surgeon-Apothecary 1750–1850
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
“A deep dive into the education and lives of a medical professional’s life over the span of 100 years . . . A good addition to any medical historian’s library” (The Lazy Historian).
Imagine performing surgery on a patient without anesthetic or administering medicine that could kill...
Rome, Blood and Politics
Reform, Murder and Popular Politics in the Late Republic 133-70 BC
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
The last century of the Roman Republic saw the consensus of the ruling elite shattered by a series of high-profile politicians who proposed political or social reform programs, many of which culminated in acts of bloodshed on the streets of Rome itself. This began in 133 BC with the military recruitment...
King Arthur
The Mystery Unravelled
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2016
This book is the culmination of over thirty years of work and research by the author, who is a King Arthur specialist and bestseller.
The book brings new information to light by examining through a jigsaw of connections throughout Dark Age Britain, especially Wales and Cornwall, as King Arthur...
by Sue Wilkes
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2014
**“**Wilkes makes the world of Jane Austen come to life . . . from travel to fashion, shopping, leisure, and, of course, finding a mate” (Britain Express).
Immerse yourself in the vanished world inhabited by Austen’s contemporaries. Packed with detail and anecdotes, this is an intimate...
Lunatics, Imbeciles and Idiots
A History of Insanity in Nineteenth-Century Britain and Ireland
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2017
In the first half of the nineteenth century, treatment of the mentally ill in Britain and Ireland underwent radical change. No longer manacled, chained and treated like wild animals, patient care was defined in law and medical understanding, and treatment of insanity developed.
Focusing on...
Mad or Bad
Crime and Insanity in Victorian Britain
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2017
In a violent 19th century, desperate attempts by the alienists - a new wave of 'mad-doctor' - brought the insanity plea into Victorian courts. Defining psychological conditions in an attempt at acquittal, they faced ridicule, obstruction - even professional ruin - as they strove for acceptance and...
Digging in the Dark
A History of the Yorkshire Resurrectionists
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2017
Progress can be unstoppable at times, and not even death can prevent the desire for knowledge. A dark trade has long existed to provide fuel for the fires of research, a trade which is viewed by many as the most despicable occupation of all.
The resurrection men of Yorkshire came from all walks...
by Catherine Curzon
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2017
This royal historian’s “lively study of the four Georges who sat on the English throne for over a century is a joy” (Jane Austen’s Regency World).
For over one hundred years of turmoil, upheaval, and scandal, Great Britain was a Georgian land. From the day the German-speaking George I stepped...
by Mallory James
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
“A scholarly guide to etiquette as entertaining and amusing as a work of fiction” (Jane Austen’s Regency World Magazine).
Have you ever wondered what it would have been like to live in the nineteenth century? How would you have gotten a partner in a ballroom? What would you have done...
Forgotten Songs and Stories of the Sea
A Treasury of Voices from our Maritime Past
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
Stirring tales of heroism at sea have been ingrained in the annals of maritime history since time immemorial. Christopher Columbus’s discovery of the New World, Queen Elizabeth I’s defeat of the Spanish Armada, and Horatio Nelson’s victory at Trafalgar are just some of Britain’s most memorable...