Pen Sword History imprint: 259 books
The Last Governor
Chris Patten and the Handover of Hong Kong
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2017
1 July 1997 marked the end of British rule of Hong Kong, whereby this territory was passed into the hands of the People’s Republic of China.
In 1992, Chris Patten, former chairman of the Conservative Party, was appointed Hong Kong's last governor, and was the man to oversee the handover ceremony...
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...
In Hitler's Shadow
Post-War Germany & the Girls of the BDM
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
From the author of Hitler’s Girls comes the revealing true story of the aftermath of WWII—told by the Third Reich’s fallen “Angels of Death” themselves.
In the wake of Germany’s unconditional surrender in May 1945 and Japan’s subsequent surrender later that July, the Allied press...
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...
by Catherine Curzon
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
An account of four royal women that’s “as inherently fascinating as it is exceptionally informative . . . an extraordinary read from beginning to end” (Midwest Book Review).
Once upon a time there were four kings called George who, thanks to a quirk of fate, ruled Great Britain for...
by Pete Orford
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2018
A tantalizing tour through a true bibliomystery that will “get people talking about one of literature’s greatest enigmas” (KentOnline).
When Dickens died on June 9, 1870, he was halfway through writing his last book, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Since that time, hundreds of academics, fans,...
Dickens's Artistic Daughter Katey
Her Life, Loves & Impact
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
A biography of a Victorian-era woman who grew up as the daughter of novelist Charles Dickens—and found a creative career of her own.
Katey Dickens was born into a house of turbulent celebrity and grew up surrounded by fascinating, famous, and infamous people. From a very young age, she knew...
The Murder That Defeated Whitechapel's Sherlock Holmes
At Mrs Ridgley's Corner
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
A real-life murder mystery in turn-of-the-century London, and Scotland Yard’s “greatest detective of all time” who was determined to discover whodunit.
By 1919, Det. Chief Inspector Fred Wensley was already a legend, having investigated the Jack the Ripper slayings, busted crime syndicates,...
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...