Pen Sword Military imprint: 1157 books
Sedgemoor 1685
Marlborough’s First Victory
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2005
A new account of Monmouth's rebellion of 1685 and the Battle of Sedgemoor. The author focuses on the confrontation between Monmouth and John Churchill, the future Duke of Marlborough, and provides a graphic reassessment of the campaign. He retraces the routes taken by the opposing armies across the...
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...
Second Baron’s War
Simon de Montfort and the Battles of Lewes and Evesham
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2009
For two years in the mid-thirteenth century England was torn by a bloody civil war between the king and his nobles. For a short time, the country came close to unseating the monarchy, and the outcome changed the course of English history. Yet this critical episode receives far less attention than...
by Laurie Milner
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 1990
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 1990
15th (Service) BattalionThe Prince of Wales's Own West Yorkshire Regiment.
Kitchener’s Army
The Raising of the New Armies 1914 – 1916
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2007
Numbering over five million men, Britain's army in the First World War was the biggest in the country's history. Remarkably, nearly half those men who served in it were volunteers. 2,466,719 men enlisted between August 1914 and December 1915, many in response to the appeals of the Field-Marshal Lord...
The Biafra Story
The Making of an African Legend
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2015
A fearless act of journalism in 1960s Nigeria and the true story behind the international bestselling novel The Dogs of War.
The Nigerian civil war of the late 1960s was one of the first occasions when Western consciences were awakened and deeply affronted by the level of suffering and the...
Servants' Stories
Life Below Stairs in their Own Words 1800-1950
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
Step into the world of domestic service and discover what life was really like for these unsung heroines (and heroes) of society. Between 1800 and 1950, the role of servants changed dramatically but they remained the people without whom the upper and middle classes could not function.
Through oral...
A Pauper's History of England
1,000 Years of Peasants, Beggars & Guttersnipes
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
A unique tour through British history—from the perspective of the peasants and the poverty-stricken.
The past is traditionally told from the viewpoint of kings and queens, politicians and pioneers. But what about the people struggling to survive at the very lowest levels of society?
A Pauper’s...
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...
by Bob Carruthers
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2013
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is one of the most important sets of historical documents concerning the history of the British Isles. Without these vital accounts we would have virtually no knowledge of some of the key events in the history of these islands during the dark ages and it would be impossible...
by Bob Carruthers
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2013
James Grant (1822–1887) was a Scottish author and was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and was a distant relation of Sir Walter
Scott. He was a prolific author, writing some 90 books, including many yellow-backs. Titles included Adventures of an Aide-decamp, One of 'The Six Hundred', The Scottish...
With Napoleons Guard in Russia
The Memoirs of Major Vionnet, 1812
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2013
Major Louis Joseph Vionnets memoirs of Napoleons disastrous 1812 campaign in Russia are readable, detailed, and full of personal anecdote and vivid glimpses into the life of the nineteenth-century soldier. His account concentrates in particular on the retreat from Moscow, but he was present at all...
One-hour Wargames
Practical Tabletop Battles for those with Limited Time and Space
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2014
One of the biggest problems facing wargamers is finding the time to actually play. Most commercially available sets of rules require several hours to set up and play to a conclusion; some can easily swallow up a whole day or weekend. For many gamers this means that their lavishly prepared miniature...
by Gerry van Tonder
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 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...