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Children of the 1940s
A Social History
ISBN: 9781399049504
Pub Date: 2023-09-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
208 Pages
What was it really like growing up in the 1940s? There are tales of being dragged from bombed out homes and of watching dog fights in the skies above. Of evacuation and a clash of cultures between city...
An Uprooted Community
A history of Epynt
ISBN: 9781800994027
Pub Date: 2023-09-11
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Y Lolfa
120 Pages
During the Second World War, 54 families were evicted to turn Epynt into a military firing range. The tragedy of the destruction of this Welsh-language community is little known today. This volume records some of the more important chapters in the history of the mountain and its people and, in particular, the events of 1939 and 1940.
Tanks on the Streets?
The Battle of George Square, Glasgow, 1919
ISBN: 9781526782656
Pub Date: 2023-08-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
232 Pages
At 12.08pm on Friday 31 January 1919, Margaret Buchanan drives her tram into George Square in Glasgow’s city center. She slows down to avoid the youths and men holding their arms up to stop her; some...
Gallant Little Wales
The Welsh Hospital for South Africa
ISBN: 9781800993969
Pub Date: 2023-08-23
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Y Lolfa
144 Pages
The hitherto untold story of a civilian tented hospital, raised by public subscription in Wales.
The First Royal Media War
Edward VIII, The Abdication and the Press
ISBN: 9781399065412
Pub Date: 2023-06-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
240 Pages
The abdication crisis of 1936 demolished the wall of silent deference that had protected the British royal family from press comment and intrusion since the days of Queen Victoria. King Edward VIII...
The General Strike 1926
A New History
ISBN: 9781399083973
Pub Date: 2023-06-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword Transport
256 Pages
The General Strike was one of the most significant events in twentieth century Britain. The miners were locked out and the mass of rank-and-file trade unionists then came out on strike in their support....
Re-living Britain in the 1940s
ISBN: 9781399018128
Pub Date: 2023-01-19
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
376 Pages
This book is the first to offer enthusiasts of the 40s a way to advance their interest whether it be military or civilian.
The Sinking of the Titanic
Eyewitness Accounts from Survivors
ISBN: 9781784388676
Pub Date: 2022-12-14
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Greenhill Books
320 Pages
First published in 1912, Jay Henry Mowbray’s Sinking of the Titanic was hugely influential in the aftermath of the maritime disaster, recording the harrowing, first-hand accounts of the survivors and honoring those who were lost on that fateful night in 1912.
Children of the 1940s
A Social History
ISBN: 9781399049504
Pub Date: 2023-09-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
208 Pages
What was it really like growing up in the 1940s? There are tales of being dragged from bombed out homes and of watching dog fights in the skies above. Of evacuation and a clash of cultures between city...
An Uprooted Community
A history of Epynt
ISBN: 9781800994027
Pub Date: 2023-09-11
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Y Lolfa
120 Pages
During the Second World War, 54 families were evicted to turn Epynt into a military firing range. The tragedy of the destruction of this Welsh-language community is little known today. This volume records some of the more important chapters in the history of the mountain and its people and, in particular, the events of 1939 and 1940.
Tanks on the Streets?
The Battle of George Square, Glasgow, 1919
ISBN: 9781526782656
Pub Date: 2023-08-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
232 Pages
At 12.08pm on Friday 31 January 1919, Margaret Buchanan drives her tram into George Square in Glasgow’s city center. She slows down to avoid the youths and men holding their arms up to stop her; some...
Gallant Little Wales
The Welsh Hospital for South Africa
ISBN: 9781800993969
Pub Date: 2023-08-23
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Y Lolfa
144 Pages
The hitherto untold story of a civilian tented hospital, raised by public subscription in Wales.
The First Royal Media War
Edward VIII, The Abdication and the Press
ISBN: 9781399065412
Pub Date: 2023-06-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
240 Pages
The abdication crisis of 1936 demolished the wall of silent deference that had protected the British royal family from press comment and intrusion since the days of Queen Victoria. King Edward VIII...
The General Strike 1926
A New History
ISBN: 9781399083973
Pub Date: 2023-06-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword Transport
256 Pages
The General Strike was one of the most significant events in twentieth century Britain. The miners were locked out and the mass of rank-and-file trade unionists then came out on strike in their support....
Re-living Britain in the 1940s
ISBN: 9781399018128
Pub Date: 2023-01-19
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
376 Pages
This book is the first to offer enthusiasts of the 40s a way to advance their interest whether it be military or civilian.
The Sinking of the Titanic
Eyewitness Accounts from Survivors
ISBN: 9781784388676
Pub Date: 2022-12-14
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Greenhill Books
320 Pages
First published in 1912, Jay Henry Mowbray’s Sinking of the Titanic was hugely influential in the aftermath of the maritime disaster, recording the harrowing, first-hand accounts of the survivors and honoring those who were lost on that fateful night in 1912.
