Pen And Sword: 3067 books
Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial
In Memory and In Mourning
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
This is a comprehensive and highly emotive volume, borne of years of intensive research and many trips to the battlefields of the Great War. It seeks to humanise Tyne Cot cemetery, to offer the reader a chance to engage with the personal stories of the soldiers whose names have been chiseled there...
Walking the Somme
Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2011
This new edition of Paul Reed’s classic book Walking the Somme is an essential traveling companion for anyone visiting the Somme battlefields of 1916. His book, first published over ten years ago, is the result of a lifetime’s research into the battle and the landscape over which it was fought.
From...
Major & Mrs. Holt’s Concise Illustrated Battlefield Guide - The Western Front - North
100th Anniversary Edition
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2014
Following in their best-selling series of Battlefield Guides this is a companion volume to the Holts’ Western Front – South Guide. Between the two, they cover the main WW1 Western Front battlefields. This book covers 15 of the most significant battles of the northern area from Nieuwport to just...
Final Scrum
Rugby Internationals Killed in the Second World War
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2018
After the terrible losses of The Great War, twenty years later the Second World War resulted in the death of some of the finest sporting icons. This book honors the ninety International Rugby players who lost their lives. Fifteen were Scottish, fourteen English, eleven Welsh and eight Irish. Australia...
by Jonathan Sutherland
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2011
The photographs are taken from five unpublished albums focussing on the German invasion of Russia in 1941 – Operation Barbarossa. Two of the albums contain shots taken by German infantrymen and include shots of combat, vehicles, knocked-out tanks and prisoners of war. Two of the other albums feature...
Fighting for the Faith
The Many Fronts of Crusade & Jihad 1000-1500 AD
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2007
Fighting between Christians and Muslims in the medieval period is often seen in the narrow context of the battle for the Holy Land. Other points of conflict tend to be ignored. But, as David Nicolle's thought-provoking survey shows, the religions clashed across the medieval world - in the Mediterranean...
by James Henderson
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2011
Admiral Nelson's most frequent cry was for more frigates. Though not ships of the line these fast and powerful warships were the 'eyes of the fleet'. They enabled admirals to find where the enemy lay and his likely intentions, as well as patrolling vital trade routes and providing information from...
by Christina Holstein
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
This new and enthralling study is the first detailed work in English of a largely unknown period of the Battle of Verdun. It considers the background to the battle and casts light on the first three critical months of fighting there. It explains the decision to change the original German plan for...
by Laurence Waters
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2016
The 30 Manor class 4-6-0s were designed by CB Collett in 1938, and built by the Great Western, and the Western Region at Swindon in two batches, 20 in 1938/9, and 10 in 1950. In order to save money the first 20 members of the class were built using parts from withdrawn 4300 class 2-6-0s, and were...
Dying for the Truth
The Concise History of Frontline War Reporting
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
The role of war correspondents is crucial to democracy and the publics discovery of the truth. Without them, the temptation to manipulate events with propaganda would be irresistible to politicians of all hues.
It starts by examining how journalists have plied their trade over the years most...
Rails Across Europe
Eastern and Southern Europe
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
The two volumes covering Rails Across Europe are divided into one covering the North and West of the continent, the other dealing with the South and East.
The photos were taken by David Cable, well-regarded author of several photographic albums of trains throughout the world, supplemented by...
Rails Across Europe
Northern and Western Europe
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
The two volumes covering Rails Across Europe are divided into one, covering the North and West of the continent, the other dealing with the South and East.
The photos were taken by David Cable, a well-regarded author of several photographic albums of trains throughout the world, supplemented...
Flying Scotsman
A Pictorial History
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
Built at Doncaster works in 1923 the Nigel Gresley designed then-‘A1’ class Pacific (4-6-2) first entered service as No 1472. The new locomotive did not receive a name until it was sent for display at a Wembley exhibition in 1924, and then the name Fying Scotsman was chosen. The Legend was born....
Lucullus
The Life and Campaigns of a Roman Conqueror
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2017
The military achievements of Lucius Licinius Lucullus (118-57/56 B.C.) have been the subject of admiration and great respect throughout the history of the study of warfare. Yet there have been few studies dedicated to a comprehensive examination of exactly how Lucullus conquered the Roman East and...