Pen And Sword History imprint: 193 books
Rome, Blood and Politics
Reform, Murder and Popular Politics in the Late Republic 133-70 BC
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
The last century of the Roman Republic saw the consensus of the ruling elite shattered by a series of high-profile politicians who proposed political or social reform programs, many of which culminated in acts of bloodshed on the streets of Rome itself. This began in 133 BC with the military recruitment...
Bad Girls from History
Wicked or Misunderstood?
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2017
You won't be familiar with every one of the huge array of women featured in these pages, but all, familiar or not, leave unanswered questions behind them. The range is extensive, as was the research, with its insight into the lives and minds of women in different centuries, different countries, with...
King Arthur
The Mystery Unravelled
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2016
This book is the culmination of over thirty years of work and research by the author, who is a King Arthur specialist and bestseller.
The book brings new information to light by examining through a jigsaw of connections throughout Dark Age Britain, especially Wales and Cornwall, as King Arthur...
Digging in the Dark
A History of the Yorkshire Resurrectionists
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2017
Progress can be unstoppable at times, and not even death can prevent the desire for knowledge. A dark trade has long existed to provide fuel for the fires of research, a trade which is viewed by many as the most despicable occupation of all.
The resurrection men of Yorkshire came from all walks...
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...
by Matthew Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2019
King Richard III remains one of the most infamous and recognizable monarchs in English or British history, despite only sitting on the throne for two years and fifty-eight days. His hold on the popular imagination is largely due to the fictional portrayal of him by William Shakespeare which, combined...
by Nick Holland
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
Guy Fawkes, born in York in 1570, is one of the key figures in British history, taking a central role in a plot that would have destroyed the ruling class and changed the nation forever. Today protesters wear his mask, families burn his effigy, and he is an instantly recognizable name and face. But...
The Late Lord
The Life of John Pitt - 2nd Earl of Chatham
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2017
John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham is one of the most enigmatic and overlooked figures of early nineteenth century British history. The elder brother of Pitt the Younger, he has long been consigned to history as ‘the late Lord Chatham’, the lazy commander-in-chief of the 1809 Walcheren expedition,...
by Lynda Telford
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
This book describes a selection of people caught up in the turmoil that presaged the reformation - a period of change instigated by a king whose desire for a legitimate son was to brutally sweep aside an entire way of life.
The most famous and influential of the victims were the two people...
The Home Front
Derbyshire in the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
The First World War saw many changes to Derbyshire that helped shape what the county is today. This book details the human experiences, thoughts, concerns, fears and hopes of the county during one the most important periods of its history. All aspects of civilian life are featured, including the run...
Lost to the Sea
Britain's Vanished Coastal Communities: The Yorkshire Coast & Holderness
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2017
Once there was a Roman settlement on what is now Filey Brig. In Holderness, a prosperous town called Ravenser saw kings and princes on its soil, and its progress threatened the good people of Grimsby. But the Romans and the Ravenser folk are long gone, as are their streets and buildings – sunk beneath...
The Justice Women
The Female Presence in the Criminal Justice System 1800-1970
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
The first policewomen were established during the Great War, but with no powers of arrest; the first women lawyers did not practise until the early twentieth century, and despite the fact that women worked as matrons in Victorian prisons, there were few professional women working as prison officers...
Life in the Victorian Asylum
The World of Nineteenth Century Mental Health Care
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2014
Life in the Victorian Asylum reconstructs the lost world of the nineteenth century public asylums. This fresh take on the history of mental health reveals why county asylums were built, the sort of people they housed and the treatments they received, as well as the enduring legacy of these remarkable...
Visitors' Historic Britain: Cornwall
Romans to Victorians
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2018
Cornwall has a rich and diverse history stretching from prehistoric times to the Norman Conquest and beyond, including the turbulent Tudor period, the English Civil War and the First and Second World Wars. Neolithic settlements and Bronze Age dwellings have been found at Carn Brea in Redruth and Rough...