Pen & Sword History
The Royal Women Who Made England: The Tenth Century in Saxon England
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M.J. Porter has written over 50 fiction titles on Saxon England, and she says that she wrote this, her first non-fiction book, out ...Read Review
Ian Fleming’s Inspiration: The Truth Behind the Books
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As it says on the cover, this book covers the real-life stories from Ian Fleming’s life, from WW2 to living in Jamaica, ...Read Review
The Two Isabellas of King John
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King John, of Magna Carta fame, married twice, and both wives were named Isabella. Since mediaeval spelling was inconsistent, McQuinn has decided to ...Read Review
The Battle of Tsushima
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The battle of Tsushima, Russia’s crushing naval defeat by the Japanese in 1905, set the course for the 20th century. It destroyed Russia’...Read Review
The 50 Greatest Shipwrecks
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With at least three million known shipwrecks to choose from, a list of the 50 greatest is impossible. What we have here is a ...Read Review
The History of the World in 100 Pandemics, Plagues and Epidemics
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Pandemics are nothing new. The 100 events summarised here are not an exhaustive list, but they include all the best-known plagues in history plus ...Read Review
Spanish Republicans and the Second World War
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The Spanish Civil War ended in March 1939, but this was not the end of the struggle for the 500,000 Republican refugees who escaped to ...Read Review
A History of the Medicines We Take: From Ancient Times to Present Day
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Medicines and herbal remedies often figure in historical novels, but usually the description is tantalisingly vague, collections of unspecified herbs that happen to ...Read Review
Breaking Seas, Broken Ships: People, Shipwrecks and Britain, 1854-2007
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Breaking Seas, Broken Ships is the successor volume to Britain and the Ocean Road, which covered the period from the 13th century to ...Read Review
Visitors’ Historic Britain: Northumberland: Romans to Victorians
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Northumberland is part of the Pen & Sword Visitors’ Historic Britain series, all useful and interesting books, each giving a concise account of ...Read Review
