Pen & Sword History
Secret Casualties of World War Two: Uncovering the Civilian Deaths from Friendly Fire
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For most of WW2 a rain of steel fell upon Britain’s cities, principally London. Most of it came not from German bombs ...Read Review
The Spanish Flu Epidemic and Its Influence on History
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The influenza pandemic of 1918, which killed between 50 and 100 million people worldwide, dwarfed the catastrophe of the First World War – except that it did ...Read Review
Stephen and Matilda’s Civil War: Cousins of Anarchy
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How anarchic was the Anarchy, the long and confused series of civil wars that followed the death of Henry I of England and ...Read Review
Cromwell’s Women
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The cover of Cromwell‘s Women features a Victorian painting of Cromwell’s mother and wife begging him to spare the life of ...Read Review
Life of a Smuggler: Fact and Fiction
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Smugglers along with pirates have a romantic image which Helen Hollick sets out to debunk, even though she has contributed to the smuggler/...Read Review
Forgotten Royal Women: The King and I
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Forgotten Royal Women tells the stories of 30 British royals who seldom feature in other history books. ‘British’ includes Irish, Welsh, and Scottish as ...Read Review
Crusoe, Castaways and Shipwrecks in the Perilous Age of Sail
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Robinson Crusoe is fictional, so Crusoe, Castaways and Shipwrecks begins as a study in English Literature, discussing the author, Daniel Defoe, and his ...Read Review
The Dark Side of Isaac Newton: Science’s Greatest Fraud?
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This book is not about Newton’s alchemy or his religious beliefs but about his science. Nick Kollestrom is a maths teacher, so, ...Read Review
A History of Women in Medicine: From Physicians to Witches?
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This is not a book about women in the medical profession. It goes much further back to the pagan Anglo-Saxons and beyond. The ...Read Review
Exploring the Lives of Women, 1558-1837
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The Women’s Studies Group 1558-1837 was formed thirty years ago, and this collection of thirteen essays celebrates the anniversary. The Group brings ...Read Review
