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Trereife
A House of Character and Characters
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781399012430
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Pub Date: 2026-04-01
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
160 Pages
Trereife, Tim Le Grice’s historical Cornish residence, described by Pevsner as ‘one of the most charming houses in Cornwall’ has been home to a diverse range of characters over six generations...
A Croft in the Hills
Price: $13.95
ISBN: 9781780279282
Publisher: Birlinn
Pub Date: 2025-06-03
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Birlinn
192 Pages
Captures in descriptions, what it was really like trying to make a living out of a hill croft years ago. This book features a couple and their young daughter, who fresh from city life, immerse themselves in the practicalities of looking after sheep, cattle and hens, mending fences, baking bread and surviving the Scottish winters.
The Loyalist Experience and Aftermath in Revolutionary Philadelphia
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781955041102
Publisher: Casemate
Pub Date: 2025-05-31
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.
The Flying Adventures of Charles Green
The Extraordinary Airman who Revolutionised 19th Century Aeronautics
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9781036113308
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Pub Date: 2025-04-28
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword Aviation
224 Pages
The action-packed flying career of aeronaut Charles Green (1785-1870), a working-class Londoner in the infancy of aviation, who defied death in a career of 35 years and over 500 balloon flights to make...
The Lord Protector and His Wives
Catherine Filliol, Anne Stanhope and Edward Seymour
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9781399032742
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Pub Date: 2025-04-28
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
248 Pages
Sometime before 1518 Edward Seymour, the brother of Queen Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII, married Catherine Filliol. Catherine gained connections in the highest echelons of Tudor society and...
Preparing Tudor Kings and Princes to Rule
The Men and Women Who Trained the Royals
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9781399052559
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Pub Date: 2025-04-28
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
224 Pages
The men and women who found themselves responsible for Tudor princes and princesses were chosen for a variety of reasons and came from different backgrounds. The outcome of their labour was almost as...
The Woman Who Helped Win the War
The Welfare Campaigns of Margaret Lloyd George, 1914-1918
Price: $29.99
ISBN: 9781800996403
Publisher: Y Lolfa
Pub Date: 2025-04-14
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Y Lolfa
384 Pages
O'Brien's second biography of British Prime Minister David Lloyd George's wife Margaret serves as a prequel to his first volume, The Campaigns of Margaret Lloyd George: The Wife of the Prime Minister...
The Rise and Fall of a Medieval Family
The Despensers
Price: $26.95
ISBN: 9781399016032
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Pub Date: 2025-03-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
272 Pages
The Despensers were a baronial English family who rose to great prominence in the reign of Edward II (1307-27) when Hugh Despenser the Younger became the king’s chamberlain, favorite, and perhaps lover.
Trereife
A House of Character and Characters
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781399012430
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Pub Date: 2026-04-01
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
160 Pages
A Croft in the Hills
Price: $13.95
ISBN: 9781780279282
Publisher: Birlinn
Pub Date: 2025-06-03
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Birlinn
192 Pages
The Loyalist Experience and Aftermath in Revolutionary Philadelphia
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781955041102
Publisher: Casemate
Pub Date: 2025-05-31
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Brookline Books
224 Pages
The Flying Adventures of Charles Green
The Extraordinary Airman who Revolutionised 19th Century Aeronautics
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9781036113308
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Pub Date: 2025-04-28
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword Aviation
224 Pages
The Lord Protector and His Wives
Catherine Filliol, Anne Stanhope and Edward Seymour
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9781399032742
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Pub Date: 2025-04-28
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
248 Pages
Preparing Tudor Kings and Princes to Rule
The Men and Women Who Trained the Royals
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9781399052559
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Pub Date: 2025-04-28
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
224 Pages
The Woman Who Helped Win the War
The Welfare Campaigns of Margaret Lloyd George, 1914-1918
Price: $29.99
ISBN: 9781800996403
Publisher: Y Lolfa
Pub Date: 2025-04-14
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Y Lolfa
384 Pages
The Rise and Fall of a Medieval Family
The Despensers
Price: $26.95
ISBN: 9781399016032
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Pub Date: 2025-03-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
272 Pages