Pen And Sword Military imprint: 1065 books
The Roman Emperor Aurelian
Restorer of the World
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
The ancient Sibylline prophecies had foretold that the Roman Empire would last for 1000 years. As the time for the expected dissolution approached in the middle of the third century AD, the empire was lapsing into chaos, with seemingly interminable civil wars over the imperial succession. The western...
by John Meredith
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 1990
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 1990
Personal accounts of a legendary battle seen through the eyes of Private George Teigh and Lieutenant Samuel FitzGibbon Cox amongst others. Both the Private and the Officer kept diaries, both recorded the same events, but with vastly differing views.Difficulties with boots, bullets and gunboats are...
Civil War in the South-West England
1642-1646
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2005
Between 1642 and 1646 two armies fought for control of Southwest England in one of the decisive confrontations of the English Civil Wars. In this short, turbulent period Royalists loyal to King Charles I clashed with the forces of Parliament in a series of hard-fought campaigns that crisscrossed the...
Tales from the Rifle Brigade
Adventures in the Rifle Brigade Random Shots From a Rifleman
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2005
To Napoleon's troops, the sharp shooters of the 95th (Rifle) Regiment were 'the rascals in green', famed throughout Europe for their bravery, skill, and dash. Kincaid's Adventures in the Rifle Brigade was the first book to be published by a veteran, recounting the amazing escapades of this legendary...
The Gentleman Usher
The Life & Times of George Dempster 1712-1818
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2004
victor Nekrasov’s masterpiece Front-Line Stalingrad is one of the classic novels to come out of the pitiless fighting on the Eastern Front in the Second World War. His gripping narrative is set against the background of the grim struggle of the Soviet Union against Nazi Germany – among the battered,...
Battlefields in Miniature
Making Realistic and Effective Terrain for Wargames
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2015
Like a good general, a good wargamer should have an eye for the ground. Just as the nature of the battlefield plays a central role in real warfare, so miniature wargames are greatly enhanced by realistic terrain. Besides, when you've spent hundreds of hours collecting and painting your miniature armies,...
Naseby-June 1645
English Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2002
The Battle of Naseby was the decisive engagement of the English Civil War and the battlefield is the first to have been radically reinterpreted in the light of metal detector research. This guide, co-authored by the principal authorities on the battle, links contemporary accounts to their findings...
Plumer
The Soldier's General
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 1990
Sir Herbert Plumer stood out as an archetypal Colonel Blimp - smart to a fault, white hair, white moustache, pot-belly. But his appearance belies the fact that he was one of the best-performing and best-regarded officers on the Allied side. Plumer's crowning glories were the attack on Messines Ridge...
'That Astonishing Infantry'
The History of The Royal Welch Fusiliers 1689-2006
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2007
The Royal Welch Fusiliers were present at all Marlborough's great victories; they were one of the six Minden regiments; they fought throughout the Peninsula and were present at Wellington's final glorious victory at Waterloo. In The Great War their officers included the writer poets Siegfried Sassoon...
The Peninsular War
Wellington’s Battlefields Revisited
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2012
In 1994 Ian Fletcher published his book Fields of Fire, which was the first book to show Wellington’s Peninsular War battlefields in full color. Now, almost 20 years on, he returns with a second book, The Peninsular War: Wellington’s Battlefields Revisited which shows how things have changed since...
by Timothy Venning
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2015
With hindsight, the victory of Parliamentarian forces over the Royalists in the English Civil War may seem inevitable but this outcome was not a foregone conclusion. Timothy Venning explores many of the turning points and discusses how they might so easily have played out differently.
What if,...
Sharpshooter in the Crimea
The Letters of the Captain Gerald Goodlake VC 1854-56
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 1990
The letters home to his family by Gerald Goodlake, a young officer in the Coldstream Guards, make remarkable reading. They vividly describe the ill-preparedness of the British Army and the dire conditions experienced by all ranks in the Crimea. Goodlake's views on senior officers were frank to say...
by W.M Thornton
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1996
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1996
This is the first comprehensive guide to the 57 nations that have submarines as part of their fighting force.
by Charles Heyman
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2008
The British Army Pocket Guide 2008-2009 is a comprehensive guide to the organization, equipment and tactics of today's British Army. This latest edition incorporates details of all army reorganization and regimental amalgamations plus details of major systems and equipment introduced.