Pen and Sword Social History

On 6 December 1886, Arthur Foster leaves the Queens Theatre, Manchester with a pocket full of gold and a lady bedecked with diamonds on his arm. He...

The first book ever devoted solely to torture as practiced in Britain and its empire.

Reducere. In the years leading up to the First World War, the United Kingdom was subjected to a ferocious campaign of bombing and arson. Those conducting thi...

The history of fast attack craft is a perennial favourite amongst naval enthusiasts. New, affordable paperback edition. Large selection of rare pho...

This book examines the forgotten scandals of yesterday, featuring silent and silver screen stars like Jean Harlow, Mae West, Mary Pickford, Charlie...

An extraordinary new look at the history of the famous city of Coventry during a century of change (1850-1950) through the eyes of the women who li...

Volume II covers the traumatic experiences of the Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny. Of the battle of Balaklava, Lord Anglesey writes as fully as h...

Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): George Charles Henry Victor Paget, Marquess of AngleseyIllustration(s): b&w illustrations, maps, plans, ...

Insurgencies are at the center of most of the conflicts that confront the modern world, and they have been since the Second World War. Leading armi...

The book serves as not only a tribute to a fantastic aircraft but also as a proud reminder of the part played by a generation of C-130 pilots and t...

From leeches to lice, bowels to bedpans, nurses relate their experiences of hospital wards in the 20th century.

The first book to take a detailed look at the development of this highly influential class of destroyers. Contains more than 45 beautiful profiles ...

DescriptionHow were criminal children dealt with in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? Over this hundred-year period, ideas about the wa...

Following in the wake of Javelin: An Operational History this new release from Mike Napier approaches the subject of the Tornado GR1 from the persp...

The exploits of one of Britain's finest regiments written by a father and son team who are distinguished members.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAu...

The first detailed A-Z of herbs, and their medicinal, magical and culinary properties. All three areas of study, in one book.Publisher: Pen & Sword...

Includes bibliographical references (p. [312]-314) and index.

Highly illustrated large-format history of the Irish Guards Regiment.

DescriptionGreat women are hidden behind great men, or so they say, and no man is greater than the king. For centuries, royal aunts, cousins, siste...

Up-to-date and comprehensive guide to the history of the Arthurian legend, using both fact and fiction to unravel one of the greatest mysteries of ...

Nothing focuses the mind more starkly than impending death. Its inevitable spectre greets us all; from princes to paupers and nobility to the needy...

Describes in detail the concentration camps run in Scotland, which held Jews, communists and homosexuals.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s):...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

The Peace Protestors, A History of Modern-Day War Resistance covers the realities of resistance and how different movements have shaped British his...

Contributor(s): Author: M. P. RobinsonOther: Peter LauOther: Guy GibeauThe AMX 13 was originally designed in the immediate aftermath of the Second ...

This book covers the military history of the Vikings from their early raiding to the final failure of their expansionist ambitions directed against...

An exploration of our love affair with the Victorian vampire.Illustrations: 30 black and white illustrations

Nothing has been published that encompasses these little-publicised elite corps. Covers UK, US and Axis Forces.Illustrations: 60 black and white il...

The SS-Polizei Division became one of the most effective and ruthless fighting formations of WW2.

Reducere. The Das Reich Division was one of the most effective and ruthless fighting formations of WW2.

First ever book to survey the whole history of children s homes.

Unlike other books on cross-dressing, this is the only one which does not concentrate on fashion, lesbians or transmen, but looks at women across s...

The longest serving aircraft with the RAF and still operational, this book includes 20 colour profiles and a colour section. The author describes e...

A unique approach containing all the fundamental information the aviation enthusiast or historian is likely to require.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books...

The remarkable story of the fourteen spies who, in the eyes of Nigel West, had the biggest impact on the events of the 20th Century.Publisher: Pen ...

Written at the end of the Second World War by those involved in the planning and operation of the Royal Observer.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAu...

A previously unpublished official history of SOE's Czech section.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): An Official HistoryIllustration(s): 8 p...

The Trafalgar Chronicle is a prime source of information as well as the publication of choice for new research about the Georgian navy.

A guide to ancient battlefields of Greece covering 20 battles from Marathon in 390 BC to Actium in 31 BC

All prototypes, military Marks, commercial and licensed production models of the Sterling are described. Contains notes on manufacturing methods an...

Reducere. The SS Prinz Eugen Division was an elite mountain fighting formation of WW2.

Covers the story of raising of Salford Pals during WW1. This book covers the raising of the battalion, training and where they fought, and the impa...

An esteemed yearbook now made more widely available.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Judith Pearson; John RodgaardIllustration(s): 20 col...

The Nelson Battalion was constantly in action throughout the Great War (Antwerp, Gallipoli and Northern France). A detailed study of this unusual f...