Pen And Sword History imprint: 193 books
Old English Medical Remedies
Mandrake, Wormwood and Raven's Eye
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2018
In 9th century England Bishop Ælfheah the Bald is dabbling with magic. By collecting folk remedies from pagan women he risks his reputation. Yet posterity has been kind, as from the pages of Bald’s book a remedy has been found that cures the superbug MRSA where modern antibiotics have failed. Within...
Apollo 11
The Moon Landing in Real Time
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2019
Half a century has passed since arguably the greatest feat of the twentieth century: when Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the Moon. Apollo 11: The Moon Landing In Real Time brings the mission back to life as never before in a thrilling day-by-day account, exploring everything from the...
by Anthony Poulton-Smith
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2019
Throughout our islands' history we find tales of thieves, smugglers, thugs and murderers. Books have been written retelling tales of bandits, footpads, highwaymen, et al, attacking the lone traveler, the horseman, the coachman, shipping line, locomotive engineer, lorry or van driver and even pilot....
Struggle and Suffrage in Chelmsford
Women's Lives and the Fight for Equality
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2019
Struggle and Suffrage in Chelmsford is a comprehensive account of what life was like for women in Chelmsford from 1850-1950. It takes the reader on an in-depth and interesting journey, starting from when a woman, as far as both the law of the land and certain elements of society had decided, was worthless...
Trailblazing Women of the Georgian Era
The Eighteenth-Century Struggle for Female Success in a Man's World
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2018
Trailblazing Women of the Georgian Era offers a fascinating insight into the world of female inequality in the Eighteenth Century. It looks at the reasons for that inequality – the legal barriers, the lack of education, the prejudices and misconceptions held by men – and also examines the reluctance...
Struggle and Suffrage in Swindon
Women's Lives and the Fight for Equality
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2019
As the industrial revolution and the coming of the railways transformed the Wiltshire countryside Swindon women were on the front line of change, shaping the new industrial town and transforming the old market one.
Newcomers arrived from the great railway centers across the country to create...
The Dark Side of Isaac Newton
Science's Greatest Fraud?
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2018
Isaac Newton was accorded a semi-divine status in the 18th and 19th centuries, whereby his image linked together religion and science. The real human being behind the demi-god image has tended to be lost. He was a person who took credit from others, and crushed the reputations of those to whom he...
The Brontë Sisters
Life, Loss and Literature
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2018
Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall... these fictional masterpieces are all recognized as landmarks of English Literature. Still inspirational and challenging to readers today, upon release in the mid-nineteenth century they caused a veritable sensation, chiefly due to their...
Struggle and Suffrage in Sheffield
Women's Lives and the Fight for Equality
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2018
This book looks into the role of women of Sheffield and how it has evolved from the powerlessness of a woman involved in a wife sale, to the achievement of the election of its first female Lord Mayor. Using, newspapers of the period, archive material and modern photographs, this book examines how...
by Bernadette Fallon
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2018
**Pointing persistently to heaven: A guide to UK cathedrals**
Power, glory, bloodshed, prayer: cathedrals in the UK are as much about human drama as spiritual sanctuary, as much about political wrangling as religious fervour. From Christian beginnings in the Middle Ages through Reformation,...
by Bernadette Fallon
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2018
**Pointing persistently to heaven: A guide to UK cathedrals**
Rich, rolling countryside and historic towns, scenic coasts and picture-perfect landscapes. The west of England and Wales has many attractions, and not least of these are its cathedrals. Here you’ll find some of Britain’s finest...
Tracing Your Glasgow Ancestors
A Guide for Family and Local Historians
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
Tracing Your Glasgow Ancestors is a volume in the series of city ancestral guides published by Pen & Sword for readers and researchers who want to find out about life in Glasgow in the past and to know where the key sources for its history can be found. In vivid detail it describes the rise of...
Tracing Your Ancestors Using the Census
A Guide for Family Historians
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2013
The Pen & Sword guide to the census is detailed, accessible and authoritative, and it is one of the most comprehensive on the market. It has been written with the family historian in mind, and it is packed with advice on how to explore and get the most from the census records. As well as describing...
Writing your Family History
A Guide for Family Historians
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Gill Blanchard's practical step-by-step guide to writing a family history is designed for anyone who wants to bring their ancestors' stories to life. She looks at ways of overcoming the particular problems family historians face when writing a family history -- how to deal with gaps in knowledge,...