Pen And Sword imprint: 2611 books
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...
Sir Martin Frobisher
Seaman, Soldier, Explorer
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2010
Sir Martin Frobisher was one of the great sea dogs of Elizabethan England. He was a pirate and a privateer - he looted countless ships and was incarcerated by the Portuguese as a young man - and he aided Sir Francis Drake in one of his most daring voyages to attack the Spanish in the West Indies....
Armada 1588
The Spanish Assault on England
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2006
The defeat of the Spanish Armada is one of the turning points in English history, and it was perhaps the defining episode in the long reigns of Elizabeth I of England and Philip II of Spain. The running battle along the Channel between the nimble English ships and the lumbering Spanish galleons has...
by Brian Montgomery
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2010
Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein has attracted the attention of countless historians over the last 70 years but, despite this coverage, views of his character remain controversial and contradictory. His younger brother Brian, himself a successful soldier, enters the fray with this charming...
Famous Faces of the Spanish Civil War
Writers and Artists in the Conflict 1936-1939
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010
This book tells the tragic story of the Spanish Civil War through the eyes of writers, artists and musicians who were deeply involved and close to it. By means of chronological chapters covering the major phases the author describes the roles of figures such as Arthur Koestler, Ernest Hemingway, Pablo...
Malayan Emergency
Triumph of the Running Dogs 1948-1960
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
When the world held its breath …
It is 25 years since the end of the Cold War, now a generation old. It began over 75 years ago, in 1944—long before the last shots of the Second World War had echoed across the wastelands of Eastern Europe—with the brutal Greek Civil War. The battle lines are...
War Crimes
Underworld Britain in the Second World War
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2008
The Second World War was a defining experience in British history. It shaped us, made us what we are, and we are still fascinated by it. And one of the most extraordinary aspects of this unique war was the effect it had on crime - and this is the focus of M.J. Trow's compelling survey. He does not...
The Tyrants of Syracuse
Vol 1: 480-367 BC
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2010
This is the story of one of the most important classical cities, Syracuse, and its struggles (both internal and external) for freedom and survival. Situated at the heart of the mediterranean, Syracuse was caught in the middle as Carthage, Pyrrhus of Epirus, Athens and then Rome battled to gain control...
by Matyszak, Philip
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2013
The Athenian expedition to conquer Sicily was one of the pivotal events of the classical period. At this time (415 BC), Athens was locked in a decades-long struggle with Sparta for mastery of the Greek world. The expedition to Sicily was intended to give Athens the extra money and resources to crush...
by John Car
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012
In ancient Greece, Sparta was unique in having a dual kingship – two kings from different clans, the Agiads and the Eurypontids, reigning simultaneously. The institution was already well-developed by the 8th century BC, when Theopompos of the Eurypontid clan emerges as the first recorded Spartan...
by Paul Moorcraft, Knox Chitiyo
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2012
Mugabe’s dictatorship had survived due to the vicious military oppression of the population and the ruthless suppression of opposition. At the same time Mugabe has indulged in numerous military interventions outside his borders regardless of the cost in terms of regional stability, lives and money.
The...
The Rise of Militant Islam
An Insider’s View of the Failure to Curb Global Jihad
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2010
At the end of the Cold War the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction replaced the Soviet Union as the new enemy of world peace. The pariah WMD states became enemy No. 1. The significance of militant Islam’s growing disgust with Western foreign policy and apparent indifference to the suffering...
The Great Edwardian Naval Feud
Beresford’s Vendetta against ‘Jackie’ Fisher
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2009
This is the story of the clash between two gigantic personalities in the early years of the twentieth century.
On one side was Admiral Lord Charles Beresford. Physically strong, courageous and hot-headed, he was the most popular admiral in the navy. Addicted to the sound of his own voice, he...