Pen Sword Books: 303 books
by Paul Hill
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
A look at the famed medieval Catholic order, with an emphasis on military history—includes numerous illustrations.
There are many books about the Knights Templar, the medieval military order which played a key role in the crusades against the Muslims in the Holy Land, the Iberian peninsula,...
Artillery of Words
The Writings of Sir Winston Churchill
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 1992
An analysis of the writings of the iconic twentieth-century statesman from the author of Young Winston’s Wars.
Only a part-time author, Sir Winston Churchill wrote fifty books and over eight hundred feature articles. He even received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953.
Now, Frederick...
Hitler's Girls
Doves Amongst Eagles
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2017
The “frank, tragic, bittersweet, brutal, emotional” true story of the Third Reich’s so-called she-devils of the League of German Girls (Gerry Van Tonder, author of Berlin Blockade).
They were ten to eighteen years old: German girls who volunteered for the war effort, and were indoctrinated...
Whitechapel's Sherlock Holmes
The Casebook of Fred Wensley OBE KPM, Victorian Crime Buster
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
Jack the Ripper and beyond—forty-one years in the investigative career of a man hailed by many as Scotland Yard’s greatest detective of all time.
Fred Wensley was a Somerset gardener when he joined the Metropolitan Police in 1888.
His first case was to unmask Jack the Ripper. At least it familiarized...
Eager for Glory
The Untold Story of Drusus the Elder, Conqueror of Germania
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2013
“The first biography of an important personality from the beginnings of Rome’s empire” (Graham Sumner, coauthor of Arms and Armour of the Imperial Roman Soldier).
Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus (Drusus the Elder) was the first conqueror of Germania (the Netherlands and Germany) and one...
Founder, Fighter Saxon Queen
Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2018
The story of the daughter of Alfred the Great, who fought against Viking invaders and ruled a kingdom in the tenth century.
Alfred the Great’s daughter defied all expectations of a well-bred Saxon princess. The first Saxon woman ever to rule a kingdom, Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians, led...
by Nadia Cohen
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
The true story of the man who created Winnie-the-Pooh—yet struggled to enjoy the overwhelming success that it brought him.
Thanks to a phenomenally popular collection of whimsical children’s stories about a boy named Christopher Robin and his beloved teddy bear, A.A. Milne remains a household...
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...
Bloody Mary
Tudor Terror, 1553–1558
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2018
The tragic history of Queen Mary I and her brief reign of terror against Protestants in sixteenth century England—includes illustrations.
When Mary Tudor, eldest daughter of Henry VIII, succeeded to the throne of England in 1553, she enjoyed a degree of popularity rarely seen on the accession...
by Pete Orford
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2018
A tantalizing tour through a true bibliomystery that will “get people talking about one of literature’s greatest enigmas” (KentOnline).
When Dickens died on June 9, 1870, he was halfway through writing his last book, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Since that time, hundreds of academics, fans,...
Tiger Command!
A Novel Based on a True Story of Combat on the Russian Front
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2013
German and Russian tank battalions clash in this action-packed novel of WWII combat and conspiracy cowritten by an Emmy Award–winning historian.
When Germany’s leading tank ace meets Russia’s Steppe Fox it’s a fight to the death. Faced with overwhelming odds, Kampfgruppe Hans von Schroif...
Killing the Bismarck
Destroying the Pride of Hitler's Fleet
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2014
“An excellent account . . . A suspenseful narrative that will keep readers on the edge of their seats.” —WWII History Magazine
In May 1941, the German battleship Bismarck, accompanied by heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, broke out into the Atlantic to attack Allied shipping. The Royal Navy’s...
Dickens's Artistic Daughter Katey
Her Life, Loves & Impact
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
A biography of a Victorian-era woman who grew up as the daughter of novelist Charles Dickens—and found a creative career of her own.
Katey Dickens was born into a house of turbulent celebrity and grew up surrounded by fascinating, famous, and infamous people. From a very young age, she knew...
The Founding of Israel
The Journey to a Jewish Homeland from Abraham to the Holocaust
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
A chronological history of the Jewish people—from the earliest attempts to establish a homeland during Biblical times to the creation of Israel.
More than seventy years ago in 1948, the State of Israel came into being amidst great controversy. How did the state arise? What led to the founding...