History: Delving into the Past
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Royal Seals
Images of Power and Majesty
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781526766496
Pub Date: 2026-06-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
168 Pages
Royal Seals is an introduction to the seals of the kings and queens of England, Scotland and latterly the United Kingdom, as well as the Church and nobility. Ranging from Medieval times to modern day, it uses images of impressive wax seals held at The National Archives to show the historical importance of these beautiful works of art.
Scotland Yard's Murder Squad
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781526766533
Pub Date: 2026-01-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword True Crime
240 Pages
In 1906 the Metropolitan Police Commissioner was asked by the Home Office to make available skilled investigators for murder enquiries nationwide as few constabularies had sufficiently skilled – or...
Grave Dealings
Body Snatching in Philadelphia, 1762–1883
Price: $22.95
ISBN: 9781955041126
Pub Date: 2025-09-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Brookline Books
240 Pages
A history of the secret cadaver trade in America’s first capital city.
Lady Constance Lytton
Prison Reformer and Suffragette
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781526775030
Pub Date: 2025-07-31
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
184 Pages
“Prisons, as you know, have been my hobby” wrote the prominent suffragette Lady Constance Bulwer-Lytton. An influential British activist as well as a writer, speaker and campaigner for votes for...
How to Survive in Ancient Egypt
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781526767110
Pub Date: 2025-07-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
176 Pages
Imagine you were transported back in time to Ancient Egypt and you had to start a new life there. How would you fit in? Where would you live? What would you eat? Where would you go to have your hair...
The Author Who Outsold Dickens
The Life and Work of W H Ainsworth
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781526766441
Pub Date: 2025-03-31
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
264 Pages
William Harrison Ainsworth (1805 – 1882) is probably the most successful 19th Century writer that most people haven’t heard of. Journalist, essayist, poet and, most of all, historical novelist,...
The Loyalist Experience and Aftermath in Revolutionary Philadelphia
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781955041102
Pub Date: 2025-03-31
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Brookline Books
224 Pages
New narratives on the lived experience of the Revolutionary War through five case studies exploring the spectrum of loyalist experiences in Revolutionary Philadelphia.
Threshold to Valley Forge
The Six Days of the Gulph Mills Encampment
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781955041317
Pub Date: 2025-02-28
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Brookline Books
224 Pages
Known as the Threshold to Valley Forge, the Gulph Mills Encampment, December 12–19, 1777 is often forgotten or minimized. Yet during those six days, General George Washington, the new nation, and its foreign allies made decisions that changed the entire course of the Revolutionary War.
Royal Seals
Images of Power and Majesty
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781526766496
Pub Date: 2026-06-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
168 Pages
Scotland Yard's Murder Squad
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781526766533
Pub Date: 2026-01-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword True Crime
240 Pages
Grave Dealings
Body Snatching in Philadelphia, 1762–1883
Price: $22.95
ISBN: 9781955041126
Pub Date: 2025-09-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Brookline Books
240 Pages
Lady Constance Lytton
Prison Reformer and Suffragette
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781526775030
Pub Date: 2025-07-31
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
184 Pages
How to Survive in Ancient Egypt
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781526767110
Pub Date: 2025-07-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
176 Pages
The Author Who Outsold Dickens
The Life and Work of W H Ainsworth
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781526766441
Pub Date: 2025-03-31
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
264 Pages
The Loyalist Experience and Aftermath in Revolutionary Philadelphia
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781955041102
Pub Date: 2025-03-31
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Brookline Books
224 Pages
Threshold to Valley Forge
The Six Days of the Gulph Mills Encampment
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781955041317
Pub Date: 2025-02-28
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Brookline Books
224 Pages