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The Great Thorpe Railway Disaster 1874
Heroes, Victims, Survivors
ISBN: 9781526764065
Pub Date: 2023-06-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
208 Pages
The Great Thorpe Railway Disaster of 1874 is the third title from Norwich writer and biographer Phyllida Scrivens, who lives less than half a mile from the site of the fatal collision.
Captain James Cook and the Search for Antarctica
ISBN: 9781399000024
Pub Date: 2023-06-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
320 Pages
Two hundred and fifty years ago Captain James Cook, during his extraordinary voyages of navigation and maritime exploration, searched for Antarctica – the Unknown Southern Continent. During parts...
Edward VI
Henry VIII's Overshadowed Son
ISBN: 9781399093699
Pub Date: 2023-06-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
240 Pages
For too long, King Edward VI has been pushed to the very edges of Tudor history - overlooked in favor of some of the more vibrant personalities of his family members, such as Henry VIII and Elizabeth...
Florence Nightingale’s Sister
The Lesser-Known Activism of Parthenope Verney
ISBN: 9781399066808
Pub Date: 2023-06-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
224 Pages
They say that behind every great man is a hard-working woman. Behind the titanic that was Florence Nightingale, there was a lesser-known sister, Frances Parthenope. While Florence achieved iconic fame...
James I, The King Who United Scotland and England
ISBN: 9781399093590
Pub Date: 2023-06-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
240 Pages
The life of King James VI who united England and Scotland under one crown and became James I in 1603 is marked by contradictions. Generally praised as a good king of Scotland and a poor English one,...
Living in Early Victorian London
ISBN: 9781399060844
Pub Date: 2023-06-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
224 Pages
London in the 1840s was sprawling and smoke-filled, a city of extreme wealth and abject poverty. Some streets were elegant with brilliantly gas-lit shop windows full of expensive items, while others...
The Cecils
The Dynasty and Legacy of Lord Burghley
ISBN: 9781399083775
Pub Date: 2023-06-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
256 Pages
The Cecils: The Dynasty and Legacy of Lord Burghley looks at the lives of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Elizabeth I’s Chief Minister and Secretary of State and that of his son, Robert Cecil, Earl...
The Edinburgh Seven
The Story of the First Women to Study Medicine
ISBN: 9781399099233
Pub Date: 2023-06-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
184 Pages
Women have healed since the beginning of time, but accessing a formal degree in medicine was impossible for them in Britain until the late 19th century. In 1869, a group of women began arriving in Edinburgh...

The Great Thorpe Railway Disaster 1874
Heroes, Victims, Survivors
ISBN: 9781526764065
Pub Date: 2023-06-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
208 Pages
Captain James Cook and the Search for Antarctica
ISBN: 9781399000024
Pub Date: 2023-06-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
320 Pages
Edward VI
Henry VIII's Overshadowed Son
ISBN: 9781399093699
Pub Date: 2023-06-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
240 Pages
Florence Nightingale’s Sister
The Lesser-Known Activism of Parthenope Verney
ISBN: 9781399066808
Pub Date: 2023-06-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
224 Pages
James I, The King Who United Scotland and England
ISBN: 9781399093590
Pub Date: 2023-06-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
240 Pages
Living in Early Victorian London
ISBN: 9781399060844
Pub Date: 2023-06-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
224 Pages
The Cecils
The Dynasty and Legacy of Lord Burghley
ISBN: 9781399083775
Pub Date: 2023-06-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
256 Pages
The Edinburgh Seven
The Story of the First Women to Study Medicine
ISBN: 9781399099233
Pub Date: 2023-06-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
184 Pages