Pen Sword Books: 303 books
The Murder of Mary Ashford
The Crime that Changed English Legal History
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2018
Historical true crime comes to life with this fictionalized account of a nineteenth-century murder that changed the course of British legal history.
England, 1817. In the small hours of May 27th, a young servant girl from the village of Erdington left a party in the company of a man with a bad...
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,...
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...
Cleanse Their Souls
Peace-Keeping in Bosnia's Civil War, 1992–1993
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2005
A memoir of the lethal conflict in the former Yugoslavia, by a British soldier who was on the front lines.
This is a young cavalry lieutenant’s moving and shocking account of front line service in the cauldron of war. His troop of Scimitar light-armored vehicles was attached to the 1 CHESHIRE...
by Richard Hargreaves
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2006
This account of the D-Day invasion—from the German point of view—includes maps and photos.
The Allied invasion of Northern France was the greatest combined operation in the history of warfare. Up until now, it has been recorded from the attackers’ point of view—whereas the defenders’...
Hitler's Final Fortress
Breslau 1945
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
A dramatic account of how the Nazis were driven out of Breslau, drawing on the words of those who witnessed it.
In January 1945, the Red Army unleashed its long-awaited thrust into Germany with terrible fury. One by one the provinces and great cities of the German East were captured by the Soviet...
Blitzkrieg Unleashed
The German Invasion of Poland 1939
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2008
Based on letters, diaries, and other sources, a detailed account of the Nazi invasion of Poland—the beginning of the Second World War.
At dawn on Friday, September 1, 1939, the Germans launched their land, sea, and air assault on Poland—and the world became aware of the awesome power of Hitler’s...
Fighting for the French Foreign Legion
Memoirs of a Scottish Legionnaire
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2009
A soldier’s true story of danger and adventure as a modern-day legionnaire in Kuwait, Bosnia, and beyond.
With no French language ability, Alex Lochrie approached recruiters for the French Foreign Legion in Paris and embarked on the demanding selection process that followed. When he was accepted,...
by R J Minney
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
The thrilling and inspiring true story of Violette Szabo, the fearless British cloak-and-dagger agent who infiltrated Nazi occupied France.
Switchboard operator and volunteer for the Women’s Land Army, Violette Szabo was only twenty-two years old when her husband, Etienne, a captain in the French...
by David Santiuste
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
This fascinating account of an unsung English monarch and military leader is “a pleasing and well-informed appraisal of the first Yorkist king” (Dr. Michael Jones, author of Bosworth 1485: Psychology of a Battle).
Indisputably the most effective general of the Wars of the Roses in fifteenth-century...
The Battle of North Cape
The Death Ride of the Scharnhorst, 1943
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2009
“The hunting down and sinking of the magnificent German battle cruiser Scharnhorst was one of the epic actions of World War II . . . stirring” (Work Boat).
On December 25, 1943, the German battle cruiser Scharnhorst slipped out of Altenfjord in Norway to attack Arctic convoy JW55B which...
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...
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...
by Robert Kirchubel
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2010
An in-depth look at the role armored formations played in the struggle between the Nazis and the Soviets.
Hitler’s panzer armies spearheaded the blitzkrieg on the Eastern Front. They played a key role in every major campaign, not simply as tactical tools but also as operational weapons that shaped...