Pen Sword Military imprint: 1157 books
In Peace and War
The Story of The Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish)
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2019
The Queen’s Royal Hussars (The Queen’s Own and Royal Irish) (QRH) traces its origins back to 1685 when King James II formed a standing army. The Regiment was created in 1993 with the amalgamation of the Queen’s Own Hussars and the Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars.
The Author tells the history...
Irishmen in the Great War
Reports from the Front 1915
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
In a quest to to discover the forgotten Irishmen in twenty-seven Irish newspapers, many of which are now obsolete, the author uncovered unbelievable and forgotten newspaper articles, cast aside since the 1920s – until now.
Following the success of the first book in the series covering 1914,...
The Manchester Bantams
The Story of a Pals Battalion and a City at War - 23rd (Service) Battalion the Manchester Regiment (8th City)
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2015
In May 1916 Major Eustace Lockhart Maxwell, a former Indian cavalry officer, was given command of an infantry battalion in France. After 48 hours with his new unit, Maxwell wrote to his family: ‘The outstanding characteristic of those who belong to it seems to be their extraordinary self-complacency!...
by Ruth Mansergh
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2017
Windermere and Grasmere in the Great War is an expert account of these Lake District town's fascinating contributions to the Great War effort from the outbreak of war in 1914, to the long-awaited Allied victory in 1918\. The book is designed to be accessible to all, and for this reason it includes...
by Ruth Mansergh
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2016
Keswick in the Great War is an expert account of this Lake District market town's fascinating, yet largely forgotten, contribution to the Great War effort from the outbreak of war in 1914, to the long-awaited Allied victory in 1918.
It charts the remarkable, and sometimes moving, stories of...
by Stephen Wynn
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
Gravesend was like most other towns in the UK during the course of the First World War. When the call came to serve King and Country, local men enlisted in their thousands, but sadly not all of them returned.
This book gives an insight into the Tilbury to Gravesend Pontoon Bridge, which allowed...
by Neil G M Hall
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2016
‘The war invisibly regulated our lives’, commented a Salisbury resident when recalling the calamity, now known as the Great War.
Much of life in the city – with its ancient cathedral, the finest spire in England, medieval New Town built on ‘chequers’ an
by Brian Tilley
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2016
The remote moors and valleys around Hexham in Northumberland have been producing fighting men for countless millennia. From repelling invading Romans and Vikings, to locking swords with William Wallace’s rampaging Scots, and the lawless days of the Border Reivers, the men of Tynedale have always...
by Stephen Wynn
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
Durham was, and still is, one of the country's oldest and best-loved cites. The very name was synonymous with dedication, dependability and determination. Men from the city answered the call to arms with an eerie normality, no matter what their age or social class. Many had been miners before the...
God's City
Byzantine Constantinople
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2017
Byzantium. Was it Greek or Roman, familiar or hybrid, barbaric or civilized, Oriental or Western? In the late eleventh century Constantinople was the largest and wealthiest city in Christendom, the seat of the Byzantine emperor, Christ’s vice-regent on earth, and the center of a predominately Christian...
by Terry Crowdy
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2015
If not a field marshal's baton, what did Napoleon's soldiers really carry in their backpacks?
Napoleon's Infantry Handbook is an essential reference guide, filled with fascinating detail on the training, tactics, equipment, service and administration of Napoleon's infantry regiments. Based on...
Marengo
The Victory That Placed the Crown of France on Napoleon's Head
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2018
On 14 June 1800 Napoleon Bonaparte fought his first battle as French head of state at Marengo in northern Italy. Unexpectedly attacked, Napoleon’s army fought one of the most intense battles of the French Revolutionary Wars. Forced to retreat, and threatened with encirclement, Napoleon saved his...
Ian Fleming and SOE's Operation POSTMASTER
The Top Secret Story Behind 007
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2012
The true story of the force of “licensed to kill” secret agents who became the basis for the James Bond spy series.
Brigadier Colin Gubbins was M. The Special Operations Executive was his Secret Service. Professor Dudley Newitt was Q. Capt. Gus March-Phillips commanded “Maid of Honor Force,”...
by Martin Middlebrook
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 1999
Taking the politics of Field Marshal Lord Kitchener's appointment as War Minister as his starting point, the author describes in his lively and authoritative style the dramatic events and dynamic personalities key to the ever-deepening British commitment. The reader is skilfully guided through the...