Pen & Sword Books

Publisher and Book Seller of Military, Maritime, Aviation, Remember When, Family History, True Crime and Transport.

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#NewBook 📖 - Tanks and Armour at Leningrad 1941–1944

Tanks and Armour at Leningrad 1941–1944 charts the brutal campaign with 150 rare photos of the Panzer forces around the besieged city 📸📖

🛒 https://t.co/5Dx2hBFL49

[Sharon Bennett Connolly @Thehistorybits]

Three of my favourite women are the daughters of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Each led a remarkable life - and each got to spend time with their mum as adults
#womeninhistory #princesses #plantagenets
@PSHistory @penswordbooks @HistoriaHWA @wzn_bbchistory @BBCHistoryMag
https://t.co/V5mDwB4OiQ via @Thehistorybits

[Gautam Hazarika @ghazarika70]

Lt Gen “Tindi” Sharma and Brig Mark Pillai – reunion of two Bombay Sapper family’s

In 1942, then Lt MM Pillai was awarded a Military Cross for his daring escape from a POW camp in Singapore and his 5000 km journey home to India across Japanese occupied Malaya, Thailand and Burma. Later he was tasked with training Sappers, and his adjutant was the young “Tindi” Sharma who later retired as Engineer-in-Chief Indian Army, Lt Gen SN Sharma.

A few days ago in Delhi, it was my privilege to reunite the 2 families – in this picture, we stand before a portrait of Lt Gen Sharma’s elder brother Major Somnath Sharma, the first winner of the Param Vir Chakra. From left to right are Col Ravi Pillai 63 Cavalry (Brig Pillai’s 3rd son), Gen Sharma and me.

Lt Mark Pillai’s escape features in my book The Forgotten Indian Prisoners of World War II that can be found here https://t.co/gcrYJ1JcRU
@PenguinIndia @penswordbooks @sampathpillai @tebaccofficial @RE_Hist_Society

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📆 On this day 1944 - D-Day Invasion

Just after midnight on 6 June 1944, Allied paratroopers dropped into Normandy, launching D-Day—the largest combined sea, air, and land operation in history.

Recommended reading ➡️ https://t.co/q7hx1sRFy4

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What are you reading this weekend? 💜

[Thomas Weber @Thomas__Weber]

1/ 'Kolberg’ is a testament to Goebbels’ very modern conception of total war, according to which cognitive warfare was at least of equal importance to battles fought with traditional weapons. - The film's story is told supremely well by @Kevin_Prenger's 'Hitler's Last Chance'

[Paul Kendall - Author @PaulKendall2]

Visiting Dorset this weekend? If you want to walk in the footsteps of T.E. Lawrence within this county, copies of my book ‘Lawrence of Arabia: Places and Objects of Interest’ are now in stock at the Tank Museum Shop.

The book features the following places in Dorset associated with T.E. Lawrence
· his cottage at Clouds Hill;
· Max Gate, where he visited his friend Thomas Hardy;
· Anglebury House, Wareham where he frequently drank tea;
· Bovington Camp, where he served in the Royal Tank Corps;
· Lulworth Cove where spent his leave;
· His effigy sculptured by his friend Eric Kennington in Wareham;
· The memorials commemorating his fatal crash;
· Lawrence’s grave at Moreton.

The book can also be purchased from the shop via the following link:

‘Lawrence of Arabia: Places and Objects of Interest’
https://t.co/fVDEPhnd4J

#worldwarone #WW1 #firstworldwar #Britisharmy #history #militaryhistory @TankMuseum @TheTankMuseum #LawrenceofArabia #TELawrence #Firstworldwar #worldwarone #RoyalAirForce #BritishArmy #History #MiddleEast #Biography #worldwarI #modernhistory #Lincoln #Dorset #London #Bridlington #Plymouth #militaryhistory #military #history #modernhistory #bestseller @Frontline_Books @penswordbooks @penandswordbooks @PSHistory

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👋🏻 #MeetTheAuthor

Here's Andrew Sangster with his new release, Stalin's Secret Services 📸📖

Order your copy here ➡️ https://t.co/7KALhw0TiV

[Nick Collins @nickcollins1953]

Last month I joined Michael Portillo on GB News to discuss The Ascent of Maritime Trade, the final volume of my trilogy on how maritime trade shaped the world.

We covered the fundamental divide between maritime and continental societies - one open, cosmopolitan, tolerant and wealth-creating, the other tending toward autocracy, uniformity and state control. That divide, I argue, explains more of the world than conventional histories acknowledge.

I also pushed back on the standard account of the Enlightenment. France gets the headlines, but the enduring, consequential ideas came from the British Enlightenment’s engineers, inventors, scientists, philosophers, legal reformers, artists and novelists. They were also anti-Slavery proponents. Their work changed the world. France produced a handful of writers whose ideas ended in revolutionary chaos.

Portillo raised the 1854 Northcote-Trevelyan civil service reforms and their role in Britain's long decline. Those reforms were modelled on China's imperial examinations, rewarding classical knowledge, conformity and caution. China's mandarins had over-regulated state monopolies and showed no interest in maritime trade or technology. China declined as a result. Britain, adopting a similar system, gradually followed the same path. Germany, America and Japan trained their officials in science, commerce and technology. The results speak for themselves.

The Ascent of Maritime Trade is out now. It can be read as a stand alone volume, although the full trilogy will give the full historical and philosophical perspective.

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[Gaynor Haliday @GaynorHaliday]

I weep when I think of the girls in Afghanistan now being denied the education they deserve. At least Victorian British men were supportive of their womenfolk's endeavours to ensure girls were educated & could fulfil their potential. #women'shistory

[Juho Wilskman @JuhoWilskman]

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Jacob Hagstrom, author of "America’s Favorite Warlord", was interview by https://t.co/fsQWK6QhuC to speak about his book! @penswordbooks

Read more here: https://t.co/bPwKwFeoY9
Pre-Order the book here: https://t.co/YkURZQneCL

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#NewBook 📖 - Trooper of the Household Cavalry

Raw, compelling, and deeply human, this is the untold story of a boy soldier who rose above circumstance, only to be cast aside by the very establishment he served with honour.

🛒 https://t.co/MErpC3faom

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✨ In the spotlight ✨

Military History of Byzantine Rome, 1204-1261 by @JuhoWilskman ✍🏻

A fascinating, overlooked chapter of Byzantine military history!

🛒 https://t.co/ARvuW2GJ6f

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#NewBook 📖 - Shipcraft 19 County Class Cruisers

The revised ShipCraft guide to Britain’s 10,000-ton Treaty Cruisers is packed with ship histories, camouflage schemes, scale plans, kit reviews, modelling tips, and stunning model photography.

🛒 https://t.co/nWwesqyiXO

[Steve R Dunn @SteveRDunn]

great new review ‘Tragedy and Revenge is all that such a book should be; it is readable and balanced; it investigates the background of events as well as the action'. Roads to the Great War @SeaforthPub @penswordbooks

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#RecommendedRead 📖 Shaping a Nation – A History of Women as Educators and Education Influencers by @GaynorHaliday ✨

❓ Has this one made it onto your TBR yet?

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💬 New on the P&S Blog - BLITZKRIEG 1940: Two VCs & The Forgotten Infantry Battle of 21 May 1940

Take a look at our author guest post from Dilip Sarkar MBE FRHistS FRAeS ➡️ https://t.co/Sv2Uho7FTd

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#NewBook 📖 - Tracing Your Ancestors Using Newspapers

Packed with expert tips, practical guidance and inspiring case studies, this new book will help you break down family history brick walls and uncover the stories behind the names 📰

🛒 https://t.co/vASb7Yq5zw

[Dr James Turner @HistorySchmstry]

Very encouraged and pleased with History Medievals' review of The Scottish Rebellion Against Robert the Bruce
https://t.co/rOwWjLBFJn

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