Pen And Sword: 3067 books
Ten Years at Hitler's Side
The Testimony of Wilhelm Keitel
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2018
In October 1946, Wilhelm Keitel was executed by hanging after being sentenced to death at the Nuremburg Trials. His road to this point was a long and controversial one, from the heady days of the surrender of France, to the eventual fall of Berlin and his subsequent arrest. There were few men better...
In Bed with the Georgians
Sex, Scandal and Satire in the 18th Century
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
In Bed with the Georgians provides a fascinating insight into life under the bed-clothes in Georgian England, where the Madams and pimps were able to thrive in the eighteenth century like never before. It looks at high-class seraglios as well as the brothels, jelly-houses and bagnios which flourished...
by Stefan Terlezki
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2005
Born in the Ukraine in the 1930's Stefan was taken from his family and sold by the Nazis into slavery in Austria. After many adventures and misadventures, he made his way to the UK, and eventually was elected as Member of Parliament for Cardiff, becoming a close friend of Margaret Thatcher and other...
The Lengthening War
The Great War Diary of Mabel Goode
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2016
This is a strong narrative of the war, easy to read, mixing news with personal feelings and events (often revealing gap between official news and reality).
The diary captures the authors' growing disillusionment with the war, as it gradually encroaches on her life. The diary starts with great excitement,...
Tales from the Big House: Temple Newsam
The Hampton Court of the North, 1,000 years of its history and people
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Situated only 4 miles southeast of the bustling cosmopolitan city of Leeds lies a jewel in the crown of British stately homes. Set in 1,200 acres of rolling parkland and woods is Temple Newsam House, once described as the Hampton Court of the North.
The estate has survived almost 900 years...
Not Ordinary Men
The Story of the Battle of Kohima
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2012
Having driven the British and Indian Forces out of Burma in 1942, General Mutaguchi, Commanding the 15th Japanese Army, was obsessed by the conquest of India. In 1944 the British 14th Army, under its commander General Slim, drew back to the Imphal Plain, before Mutaguchi’s impending offensive.
To...
The Final Betrayal
MacArthur and the Tragedy of Japanese POW's
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2010
This book examines the period between the unconditional surrender of Japan on 14 August 1945 and the arrival of Allied liberation forces in Japanese-occupied territories after 2 September 1945. The delay handed the Japanese a golden opportunity to set their house in order before Allied war crimes...
Ramillies 1706
Year of Miracles
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2006
On Sunday 23 May 1706, near the village of Ramillies in modern Belgium, the Anglo-Dutch army commanded by John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, inflicted a devastating defeat on the French army of the Duke de Villeroi. Marlborough's triumph on that day ranks alongside Blenheim as one of the great...
by James Moore
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
In the Tudor age the murder rate was five times higher than it is today. Now, in this unique true crime guide, the Tudor Murder Files reveals just how bloody and brutal this fascinating era really was.
From the dark days of Henry VIII to the turbulent times of Shakespeare, James Moore’s new book...
by P J Rhodes
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2011
Alcibiades is one of the most famous (or infamous) characters of Classical Greece. A young Athenian aristocrat, he came to prominence during the Peloponnesian War (429-404 BC) between Sparta and Athens. Flamboyant, charismatic (and wealthy), this close associate of Socrates persuaded the Athenians...
Tracing your Huguenot Ancestors
A Guide for Family Historians
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2012
Between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, many thousands of Protestants fled religious persecution in France and the Low Countries. They became one of the most influential immigrant communities in the countries where they settled, and many families in modern-day Britain will find a Huguenot...
by Martyn Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
Welcome to What's Tha Playing At Nah?, the fourth volume of Martyn Johnson's acclaimed series of stories about policing during the 1960s and 1970s. Whether 'on the beat' or 'as CID', once again Martyn enthralls, surprises and shocks his readers with tales set in an almost forgotten era: a veritable...
Forgotten Songs and Stories of the Sea
A Treasury of Voices from our Maritime Past
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
Stirring tales of heroism at sea have been ingrained in the annals of maritime history since time immemorial. Christopher Columbus’s discovery of the New World, Queen Elizabeth I’s defeat of the Spanish Armada, and Horatio Nelson’s victory at Trafalgar are just some of Britain’s most memorable...
Myths That Shaped Our History
From Magna Carta to the Battle of Britain
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
All nations and peoples have a body of legendary tales and semi-historical episodes which explain who they are and help to define their place in the world. The British are no exception and in this book Simon Webb explores some of the most well-known episodes from British history; stories which tell...