Pen Sword: 3374 books
Hitler's Terror Weapons
From Doodlebug to Nuclear Warheads
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2008
This is the story of the Terror Weapons developed by Hitler and Nazi Germany that were intended to be unleashed with devastating effect on the rest of the World. The book charts the development of the V rockets and their successes against allied targets. It then goes on to look at the even more sinister...
Dogfight
The Supermarine Spitfire and The Messerschmitt BF 109
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2015
Innumerable books have been published on the two most famous fighter aircraft of all time, the Supermarine Spitfire and the Messerschmitt Bf109. But books setting out to tell the story of both aircraft are very much rarer - probably fewer than the fingers of one hand. Yet their joint story is one...
Breaking the Dams
The Story of Dambuster David Maltby and his Crew
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2008
This is the story of the author’s uncle, David Maltby and the crew with whom he flew on the famous Dam Raid in 1943. Just five months later, on their return from an aborted mission to bomb the Dortmund Ems Canal, they all died when their aircraft went down in the North Sea. Only David’s body was...
by Maureen Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2004
A true-crime tour of this historical British coal town, with photos and illustrations.
Historically, Newcastle was a town of great wealth because of the abundance of natural resources. Certainly by the eighteenth century, Newcastle and its surrounding towns made up the most important commercial...
Mercenaries to Conquerors
Norman Warfare in the Eleventh and Twelfth-Century Mediterranean
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016
When a band of Norman adventurers arrived in southern Italy to fight in the Lombard insurrections against the Byzantine empire in the early 1000s, few would have predicted that within a generation these men would have seized control of Apulia, Calabria and Sicily. How did they make such extraordinary...
From Hitler's U-Boats to Kruschev's Spyflights
Twenty Five Years with Flight Lieutenant Thomas Buchanan Clark, RAF
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2013
This book tells the tale of the illustrious Royal Air Force career of Tom Clark, a World War Two gunner and post-war signaller in action during some of the most pivotal events of the twentieth century. Lovingly penned by his son, it provides an authentic insight into this dynamic period of world history.
From...
Flying Scot
An Airman’s Story
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2012
This is the memoir of a 26 year career in the RAF, told with humor and modesty that belies the danger of flying over 47 different types of military aircraft in war and peace.
Alastair Mackie began his operational career flying Wellington bombers over the North African desert war until converting...
by Terrence Kelly
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2004
Most people asked to name one British Second World War airplane would say the Spitfire. Yet the Hawker Hurricane flew in greater numbers, in more variants and in more theaters than the redoubtable Spitfire.
Adrian Stewart has researched the evolution of the Hurricane from its 1935 maiden flight...
by Rebecca Angharad Dean
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
Defence. Attack. Symbolism. The development of warfare in any society provides an evocative glance into the lives (and deaths) of our predecessors. This is never more the case than with that most enticing of ancient civilisations, Ancient Egypt. Follow Rebecca Dean through the fascinating world of...
by David Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
A fresh and colorful look at Shakespeare’s London published on the 400th anniversary of the playwright’s death.
In A Visitor’s Guide to Shakespeare’s London, readers can explore the streets of Shakespeare’s London and see the sights he saw, while learning how people ate, drank, misbehaved,...
End Game Burma 1945
Slim’s Masterstroke at Meikila
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2010
When the Burma campaign is discussed, the turning point battles of Imphal and Kohima are most often thought of. However General Bill Slim’s bold but risky plan to outflank the Japanese on the Irrawaddy at Mandalay deserves far more credit.
With the Japanese withdrawing, Slim’s 14 Army (with...
by Michael Pearson
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2014
This is not a book about the Great War; it is about life during the war. Changes in people's lives: their work, home, food, entertainment and news. I used original research material including newspapers, to paint a picture of life in the Black Country.
Manufacturing was vital; we were well-equipped...
Tracing Your Black Country Ancestors
A Guide For Family Historians
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
The Black Country in the West Midlands is an important site for family historians. Many researchers, seeking to trace their ancestry back through the generations, will find their trail leads through it. And yet, despite the burgeoning interest in genealogy and the importance of the region in so many...
Japan's Last Bid for Victory
The Invasion of India, 1944
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2011
Robert Lyman’s deep knowledge and understanding of the war in Burma, and the great battles at Kohima and Imphal in 1944, are well known. In this book he uses original documents, published works and personal accounts to weave together an enthralling account of some of the bitterest fighting of WWII....