Pen Sword Books: 303 books
Jewish Lives
Britain 1750–1950
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
“Offers a guide to family historians who want to reconstruct their family trees. Invaluable . . . to other Jews in search of their roots” (Jewish Renaissance).
Jewish Lives presents the life-stories of ten individual Jews who immigrated to Britain between 1750 and 1950, based on actual genealogical...
Fighting Nazi Occupation
British Resistance 1939–1945
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2015
“Everyone knows about the Home Guard but what about the other Secret Intelligence Services (SIS and M16)? You can read about them in [this book].” —This England
When Winston Churchill made his “we shall never surrender” speech in 1940, he was speaking in the knowledge that Britain’s...
Mary Queen of Scots' Downfall
The Life and Murder of Henry, Lord Darnley
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
The story of the Scottish ruler—and the mysterious death of her ambitious and controversial husband.
In the early hours of February 10, 1567, a large explosion ripped through the lodgings at Kirk o’ Field, Edinburgh, where Mary Queen of Scotland’s consort, Henry, Lord Darnley, was staying....
by Ann Kramer
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2012
“A thrilling, challenging and educational book . . . examines the roles of spies such a Edith Cavell, Mata Hari, Violette Szabo and Noor Inayat Khan” (Pennant Magazine).
Women spies have rarely received the recognition they deserve. They have often been trivialized and, in cinema and popular...
by Andy K. Hughes
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2013
A must-have guide to the scandalous behavior of politicians around the world.
Andy Hughes’s fascinating book guides us through centuries of political abuse—and just plain stupidity. This pocket guide exposes the secret side of politics, including politicians who risked or ruined their own careers...
Bodysnatchers
Digging Up the Untold Stories of Britain's Resurrection Men
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
The grim history of England’s bodysnatching trade: “Lennox’s thorough exploration is riveting” (Naomi Clifford, author of The Disappearance of Maria Glenn).
From the string of murders committed by Burke and Hare, a pair of ghouls who are still the stuff of pop culture legend, to the lesser-known...
by Sarah Seaton
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
A vivid and graphic survey of the casualties of childhood during the Victorian Era through detailed and never-before-seen firsthand accounts.
Take a fascinating journey into the real lives of Victorian children—how they lived, worked, played, and far too often, died before reaching adulthood....
An Infamous Mistress
The Life, Loves and Family of the Celebrated Grace Dalrymple Elliott
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2016
**“**Courtesan. Spy. Survivor. A gripping and meticulously researched account of the swashbuckling life of one of history’s most overlooked heroines.” —Hallie Rubenhold, author of The Five
Divorced wife, infamous mistress, prisoner in France during the French Revolution, and the reputed...
Beatrix Potter
Her Inner World
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2014
An insightful biography of the pioneering conservationist, illustrator, prolific author, and creator of Peter Rabbit and other legendary tales.
Beatrix Potter was born curious, with an imagination and a love of natural science and animals that would serve her well. When her self-published and...
by James Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2007
A collection of Nazi propaganda shots, including “rare images of Adolf Hitler socializing with children and supporters at his notorious Alpine hideaway” (Daily Mail).
Adolf Hitler became “completely captivated” by Berchtesgaden and the Obersalzberg when he first visited the area in 1923....
by James Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2014
“A photographic history of the Nazi party’s building works in Munich and in the Berchtesgaden and Obersalzberg . . . These postcards are fascinating” (HistoryOfWar.org).
Hitler’s Alpine Headquarters looks at the development of the Obersalzberg from a small, long established farming...
Marie Antoinette's Confidante
The Rise and Fall of the Princesse de Lamballe
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
The true story of the woman who befriended the last queen of France—and the price she paid for her devotion.
Perhaps no one knew Marie Antoinette better than one of her closest confidantes, Marie Thérèse, the Princess de Lamballe. The princess became superintendent of the queen’s household...
Dark Days of Georgian Britain
Rethinking the Regency
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
A historian reveals the grittier side of Regency England, far from the country houses and costume balls of high society.
Often upheld as a period of elegance with many achievements in the fine arts and architecture, the Regency era also encompassed a time of great social, political, and economic...
We Also Served
The Forgotten Women of the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
A social history of British women’s brave yet forgotten service during WWI from a historian of female wartime experiences—includes photos.
At the outbreak of World War I, women looking to contribute to the Allied effort were told by the war office to “go home and sit still.” Thankfully,...