Pen & Sword History
The Pioneering Life of Mary Wortley Montagu: Scientist and Feminist
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Lady Mary Wortley Montagu’s claim to fame is that she was the first mother in England to have a child ‘engrafted’ against ...Read Review
Children at Sea: Lives Shaped by the Waves
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Children at Sea is a collection of eight biographies of men and women who spent at least part of their childhood at sea. ...Read Review
The NHS: The Story So Far
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This is a revised version of a book first published in 2018 to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the NHS. The ...Read Review
Climate Change: An Archaeological Study
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The thesis of this book is that climate change is nothing new, even during the few tens of thousands of years that mankind ...Read Review
Britain and the Ocean Road: Shipwrecks and People, 1297-1825
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This is not a maritime history of Britain to 1825, nor is it really a book about shipwrecks. It is a set of eight ...Read Review
Children in Care, 1834-1929: The Lives of Destitute, Orphaned and Deserted Children
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I wish I had had this book when I was lecturing on social policy. Not that it replaces any of the standard textbooks, ...Read Review
The Daughters of George III: Sisters and Princesses
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Curzon sketches the lives of King George III of England and Queen Charlotte’s six unusual daughters in this entertaining history. Though devoted ...Read Review
Sex and Sexuality in Stuart Britain
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Andrea Zuvich is the author of The Stuarts in 100 Facts, which contains far more than 100 facts. She now gives us many more facts ...Read Review
Images of the Past: A Century of Man-Made Disasters
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Most of this book is devoted to pictures, including some of the most dramatic black-and-white photos ever taken. Foremost must be the photos ...Read Review
The Jacobite Rising of 1715 and the Murray Family: Brothers in Arms
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The Jacobite Rising of 1715 is remembered, if at all, usually as the precursor of Bonnie Prince Charlie’s rising in 1745. However, it was ...Read Review
