Pen Sword: 3374 books
Gloster Javelin
An Operation History
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
The RAF’s only delta-winged fighter – the Gloster Javelin was also Britain’s first true All-Weather Fighter. Based in the UK and in Germany, the RAF’s Javelin squadrons formed the front line of Britain’s air defences in the late 1950s and early 1960s. During this time Javelin crews pioneered...
Malayan Emergency
Triumph of the Running Dogs 1948-1960
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
When the world held its breath …
It is 25 years since the end of the Cold War, now a generation old. It began over 75 years ago, in 1944—long before the last shots of the Second World War had echoed across the wastelands of Eastern Europe—with the brutal Greek Civil War. The battle lines are...
War Crimes
Underworld Britain in the Second World War
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2008
The Second World War was a defining experience in British history. It shaped us, made us what we are, and we are still fascinated by it. And one of the most extraordinary aspects of this unique war was the effect it had on crime - and this is the focus of M.J. Trow's compelling survey. He does not...
The Battle of Hastings 1066 The Uncomfortable Truth
Revealing the True Location of England's Most Famous Battle
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2012
The Battle of Hastings is the most defining event in English history. As such, its every detail has been analysed by scholars and interpreted by historians. Yet one of the most fundamental aspect of the battle the place upon which it was fought has never been seriously questioned, until now. Could...
The Norman Commanders
Masters of Warfare 911-1135
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
Robert Guiscard, William the Conqueror, Roger I of Sicily and Bohemond Prince of Antioch are just four of the exceptional Norman commanders who not only led their armies to victory in battle but also, through military force, created their own kingdoms in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Their single-minded...
The Tyrants of Syracuse
Vol 1: 480-367 BC
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2010
This is the story of one of the most important classical cities, Syracuse, and its struggles (both internal and external) for freedom and survival. Situated at the heart of the mediterranean, Syracuse was caught in the middle as Carthage, Pyrrhus of Epirus, Athens and then Rome battled to gain control...
by Matyszak, Philip
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2013
The Athenian expedition to conquer Sicily was one of the pivotal events of the classical period. At this time (415 BC), Athens was locked in a decades-long struggle with Sparta for mastery of the Greek world. The expedition to Sicily was intended to give Athens the extra money and resources to crush...
by John Car
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012
In ancient Greece, Sparta was unique in having a dual kingship – two kings from different clans, the Agiads and the Eurypontids, reigning simultaneously. The institution was already well-developed by the 8th century BC, when Theopompos of the Eurypontid clan emerges as the first recorded Spartan...
by Andy Hughes
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2012
A must-buy book for everyone interested in history and skeletons in the regal cupboards. Discover fascinating facts about lust, greed, murder, envy – and just plain stupidity. Read King Henry VIII’s scurrilous letters to Anne Boleyn (thought he was interested in her mind? Think again). Whilst...
by Paul Moorcraft, Knox Chitiyo
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2012
Mugabe’s dictatorship had survived due to the vicious military oppression of the population and the ruthless suppression of opposition. At the same time Mugabe has indulged in numerous military interventions outside his borders regardless of the cost in terms of regional stability, lives and money.
The...
The Rise of Militant Islam
An Insider’s View of the Failure to Curb Global Jihad
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2010
At the end of the Cold War the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction replaced the Soviet Union as the new enemy of world peace. The pariah WMD states became enemy No. 1. The significance of militant Islam’s growing disgust with Western foreign policy and apparent indifference to the suffering...
The Great Edwardian Naval Feud
Beresford’s Vendetta against ‘Jackie’ Fisher
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2009
This is the story of the clash between two gigantic personalities in the early years of the twentieth century.
On one side was Admiral Lord Charles Beresford. Physically strong, courageous and hot-headed, he was the most popular admiral in the navy. Addicted to the sound of his own voice, he...
The Cyprus Emergency
The Divided Island 1955 - 1974
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2014
The British faced two serious problems – the first, the Greek Cypriots’ desire for Enosis and second, the intense rivalry and antipathy between the Greek and Turkish communities.
In 1955 the former resulted in a bitter EOKA terrorist campaign led by Colonel George Grivas. This resulted...
Cheating Death
Combat Rescues in Vietnam and Laos
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2003
The colourful characters and daring rescues of downed pilots engaged in the Secret War in North Vietnam and Laos are vividly captured by one who was there, in some of the most exciting stories ever written about aerial combat. Sandy Marrett and his squadron colleagues flew some of the most dangerous...