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🤩 We’ve created a new online catalogue dedicated to our Explorers and Adventurers titles. You can find it under the ‘catalogues’ tab on our website - or look for the banner on the homepage. 📚 There are discounts on all titles featured in the catalogue – pick up some bargain summer reading today! • #Bookstagram #History #NonFiction #NonFictionBookPicks #Explorers #Adventurers #SummerReads #ExplorersAndAdventurers #HistoryBooks #Biography #Biographies #Discounts #Sale #BooksWeLove #OnlineCatalogue #Bookworm #BookLovers #SummerReading #HistoryLovers #PenAndSword #PenAndSwordBooks (at Pen and Sword Books) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQL9wmmLAfR/?utm_medium=tumblr

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🚂 Transport Tuesday! 🚂 In the spotlight today is Railways and Industry in the Sirhowy Valley - Newport to Tredegar & Nantybwch, Including Hall's Road by John Hodge, part of the South Wales Valleys series from P&S Transport. 📖 This volume covers the railway and industrial history of the lines that once operated in the Sirhowy valley in South Wales, and is available now in hardback and eBook formats. • #TransportTuesday #Transport #Trains #Railways #History #HistoryBooks #SouthWalesValleys #SirhowyValley #WelshHistory #Wales #Bookstagram #Hardback #InTheSpotlight #BooksWeLove #PenAndSword #BooksBooksBooks #PenAndSwordBooks #BookStack https://www.instagram.com/p/CQJYqTRLqw_/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Fans of our Images of War series will be delighted to hear that we have recently released new volumes from this series! You’ll find a few of these already in our shop, and even more under the “Latest Releases” tab on our website. 📚 Don’t forget, you can save up to 20% off the RRPs on all new releases on our website with our introductory offer. 🤩 • #ImagesOfWar #NewReleases #LatestReleases #Military #NonFiction #History #HistoryBooks #NewBooks #MilitaryHistory #Aviation #Bookstagram #AviationHistory #WW2 #WW1 #SecondWorldWar #GreatWar #FirstWorldWar #PenAndSword #PenAndSwordBooks #IntroductoryOffer (at Pen and Sword Books) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQG-eT2rh-H/?utm_medium=tumblr

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In the spotlight: Panzers on the Vistula - Retreat and Rout in East Prussia 1945. 📖 Hans Schäufler fought as the commander of a Jagdpanther tank destroyer in rearguard actions against the Red Army in East Prussia in 1945. Then, as an infantryman, he took part in the doomed defence of Danzig and made a daring escape across the Baltic in a small boat. 📖 This is his story, and it is the story of tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians who were caught up in the chaos and tragedy of the German retreat. His eyewitness account is one of the most revealing records we have of the experience of the collapse of the Third Reich in the east. • #RecommendedReading #BookRecs #InTheSpotlight #NonFiction #History #MilitaryHistory #WW2 #Tank #RedArmy #Jagdpanther #ThirdReich #Military #Panzer #WW2History #NonFiction #Hardback #WW2Tank #1945 #Bookstagram #PenAndSword #PenAndSwordBooks (at Pen and Sword Books) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQDt3mTrv_-/?utm_medium=tumblr

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🗓 On this day in history: The diarist and Holocaust victim Anne Frank was born on 12 June 1929. Had she been allowed to have lived out her life in peace, or had miraculously survived the horrors of Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen, Anne Frank could be marking her 92nd birthday this month. The Legacy of Anne Frank author Gillian Walnes Perry has written an exclusive blog post to mark the date, which is now live on the P&S blog (🔗 link in bio). Praise for The Legacy of Anne Frank: ‘Unusual and illuminating . . . will appeal to all who are moved by and curious about Frank’s story and legacy, and everyone interested in humanitarian activism.’ ~The Booklist • #OnThisDay #OTD #OTDIH #OnThisDayInHistory #History #20thCentury #WW2 #AnneFrank #BookReview #Blog #RecommendedReading #TheDiaryOfAnneFrank #TheLegacyOfAnneFrank #WW2History #Holocaust #WW2HistoryBooks #Bookstagram #Paperback #HistoryBooks #NonFiction #PenAndSword #PenAndSwordBooks #OnTheBlog https://www.instagram.com/p/CQA9U_8r_ZX/?utm_medium=tumblr

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What are your reading plans for the weekend? 👓 Here’s a little Friday afternoon shelfie for some TBR inspiration. Do you have any of these beauties on your wish list? 📚😍 • #Shelfie #WeekendReading #TBR #WishList #BooksToRead #GiftIdeas #MoreBooks #Bookstagram #Hardbacks #Wargaming #FathersDayGifts #AncientHistory #Military #MilitaryHistory #NewBooks #NewReleases #Aviation #RAF #Lockheed #AirWorld #HistoryBooks #PenAndSword #PenAndSwordBooks (at Pen and Sword Books) https://www.instagram.com/p/CP_EBuxrxzr/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Born on this day, 10 June 1921: HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh. 📚 Philip, Prince of Greece – The Duke of Edinburgh's Early Life and the Greek Succession by Constantinos Lagos and John Carr. ‘This well-informed and easily-readable book studies in depth the Greek royal family from 1864 to the 1970s and is full of interesting and little known details. Philip's own story from birth to his marriage to the then Princess Elizabeth is told with compassion and honesty. This book is a great tribute to a great man.’ ~Robin, @NetGalley ‘Highly recommend for students of history who are interested in Greek history and royal history.’ ~Diana, NetGalley ‘A captivating look at Prince Philip's life prior to his marriage to Princess Elizabeth in 1947 especially his place within the Greek royal family and his various relationships within the vast network of European monarchies. From his parents' disastrous relationship to the political upheavals that profoundly affected the Greek royals after WWI, this compelling biography follows the future Duke of Edinburgh's arduous move from childhood to adulthood. This is also a very detailed look at European monarchies and their complex links and relationships all the way through WWII. This wonderful book should definitely appeal to all the readers interested in serious royal "politics" and genealogical researches.’ ~Jean Luc, NetGalley • #OnThisDay #OTD #OTDIH #Biography #OnThisDayInHistory #PrincePhilip #DukeOfEdinburgh #100YearsOn #100Years #RoyalHistory #RoyalFamily #Royals #GreekHistory #History #BritishMonarchy #NewBook #NewReleases #19thCentury #20thCentury #JuneReads #EuropeanHistory #SpringReads #Bookstagram #SpringNewTitles #Hardback #HistoryBooks #NonFiction #PenAndSword #PenAndSwordBooks (at Pen and Sword Books) https://www.instagram.com/p/CP8hp41rh-6/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Out now: Pioneers of Irregular Warfare – Secrets of the Military Intelligence Research Department of the Second World War. 📚 Covert operations and ingenious weapons for irregular warfare were developed rapidly, and with great success, by the British during the Second World War, and the story of the most famous organizations involved like SOE, the SAS and Section D of SIS is now well known, but Military Intelligence (Research), the smallest but one of the most influential of these units is relatively unknown. 📚 Malcolm Atkin’s intriguing and meticulously researched account describes their role at the heart of the War Office in trying to develop a ‘respectable’ arm of irregular warfare and their innovations ranging from the early Commandos, sticky bombs, limpet mines, booby traps, and even helicopters to the creation of the MI9 escape organization. They were an ‘ideas factory’ rather than an operational body but the book describes their worldwide operations including Finland, Norway, Romania, the Middle East and Central Africa. 📚 This is also a story of conflicting personalities between Jo Holland, the visionary but self-effacing head of MI(R) and his ambitious deputy, Colin Gubbins (later head of SOE), and the latter’s private war with SIS. • #NewBooks #NewReleases #MilitaryHistory #Military #History #NewTitles #JuneReads #SecondWorldWar #SpringReads #Bookstagram #SpringNewTitles #Hardback #HistoryBooks #NonFiction #Shelfie #WW2 #Intelligence #WWII #WW2History #Intelligence #SOE #SAS #MilitaryIntelligenceResearch #SIS #PenAndSword #PenAndSwordBooks (at Pen and Sword Books) https://www.instagram.com/p/CP546cPLMVF/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Did you know: today is Best Friends Day! 💖 We couldn’t resist sharing this gorgeous snap of @Zoe_Wheddon’s lovely book all about our favourite besties, Jane Austen and Martha Lloyd. 😍 Jane Austen’s Best Friend – The Life and Influence of Martha Lloyd is available now! 📚 • #JaneAndMartha #JaneAustensBestFriend #MarthaLloyd #BestFriendsDay #BFFs #BestFriends #JaneAusten #Austenite #AustenFan #Literature #Biography #18thCentury #ClothboundClassics #ClassicNovels #19thCentury #NonFiction #History #Regency #PenAndSword #PenAndSwordBooks #Bookstagram #BooksBooksBooks https://www.instagram.com/p/CP3Hf8tr5mf/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Say hello 👋🏻 to Anthony Sayer, author of The Clayton Type 1 Bo-Bo Diesel-Electric Locomotives - British Railways Class 17 – Development, Design and Demise, the latest new release from the Locomotive Portfolios Diesel and Electric series. 📚 Considerable amounts of archive material have been unearthed to enable the issues surrounding the rise and fall of the ‘Standard Type 1’ locomotives to be fully explored. Further sources provide insights into the effort and money expended on the Claytons in a desperate attempt to improve their reliability. Individual locomotive record cards, together with personal sighting information, allow histories of each class member to be developed including allocations, works visits, liveries and disposal details. 👉 Supported by over 280 photographs and diagrams, dramatic new insights into this troubled class have been assembled for both historians and modellers alike. • #MeetTheAuthor #AuthorsOfInstagram #NewBooks #NewReleases #NewTitles #JuneReads #SpringReads #Bookstagram #SpringNewTitles #Hardback #HistoryBooks #NonFiction #Shelfie #Transport #TransportHistory #Trains #Railways #TrainsAndRailways #HistoricRailway #BritishHistory #DieselElectric #LocomotivePortfoliosDieselAndElectric #LocomotivePortfolios #DieselAndElectric #Modellers #TrainModels #PenAndSword #PenAndSwordBooks https://www.instagram.com/p/CP01DJsrOjh/?utm_medium=tumblr

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New release: Dunkirk to D-Day - The Men and Women of the RAOC and Re-Arming the British Army by @philhwilliams. 📚 At Dunkirk, the withdrawing army left behind most of its equipment, yet only four years later, on D-Day, troops would wonder at the efficiency of supply. This book looks at the lives of some of the men who led the monumental effort which led to this result. 📝 Phil Hamlyn Williams’s father, Major-General Sir Leslie (‘Bill’) Williams, was head of the RAOC in WW2. His mother, Major-General Williams’s secretary and later wife, kept albums, diaries and recollections which recorded the work of the RAOC in remarkable details. Now a historian, Phil has written War on Wheels and Ordnance on the history of the RAOC in the First and Second World Wars. • #OnThisDay #DDay #Normandy #WW2 #WW2History #Dunkirk #PersonalStories #NonFiction #Bookstagram #NewBook #Hardback #History #RAOC #MilitaryHistory #PenAndSword #PenAndSwordBooks https://www.instagram.com/p/CPx_eAkrU2g/?utm_medium=tumblr

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New release: A Photographic History of Infantry Warfare, 1939–1945 by Simon and Jonathan Forty - a thorough, detailed and revealing portrait of infantry warfare over seventy years ago. 📚 ‘Not part of the Images of War series, although there are plenty of eye-opening and amazing photographs in the Forty Brothers's history of infantry on both sides of the conflict during the Second World War. Fascinating!’ ~ Books Monthly 🤩 • #NewBook #MilitaryHistory #Military #WW2History #NewBooks #NewReleases #NewTitles #Infantry #BookRecs #Bookreview #BookReviewsOfInstagram #NonFiction #ReviewsOfInstagram #JuneReads #SpringReads #WWII #Bookstagram #HistoryBooks #WW2 #PenAndSword #PenAndSwordBooks #BooksBooksBooks (at Pen and Sword Books) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPvszYyLkw-/?utm_medium=tumblr

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🚨 99p eBook sale now on! 🚨 We’ve discounted 50 eBooks to only 99p each in our June eBook sale! 📚 Look for the banner on our homepage or go to our eBook store to check out this month’s selection. 👀 • #Kindle #ePub #eBooks #Sale #99peBooks #BargainBooks #BookBargains #History #NonFiction #HistoryBooks #eBookstagram #PenAndSword #PenAndSwordBooks https://www.instagram.com/p/CPtUsk0rHdc/?utm_medium=tumblr

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New and back in stock, from Seaforth Publishing’s popular ShipCraft modelling series... ⚓️ ShipCraft 27 - British Sloops and Frigates of the Second World War ⚓️ ShipCraft 18: Titanic and her Sisters Olympic and Britannic ⚓️ ShipCraft 11: British Destroyers - A-1 & Tribal Classes All available now through our website, with 20% off RRPs. • #Seaforth #NewBooks #NewReleases #NewTitles #JuneReads #SpringReads #Bookstagram #SpringNewTitles #Titanic #Battleships #Warships #Hardback #SeaforthPublishing #Maritime #MaritimeHistory #HistoryBooks #NonFiction #Shelfie #ShipCraft #Modelling #ShipModelling (at Pen and Sword Books) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPqY4cer6F-/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Brand new, from Seaforth Publishing: 📖 Italian Battleships – ‘Conte di Cavour' & 'Duilio' Classes 1911-1956 by Erminio Bagnasco and Augusto de Toro. 📖 With the publication of their previous book on the battleships of the Littorio class, the authors set new standards for the detailed coverage and sophisticated analysis of Italian warship design. Inspired by its success, both critically and commercially, the authors were inspired to follow up with a similar study of the earlier Italian battleships that were built in the First World War but survived to fight in the Second. Given the level of new research required, this has taken a decade to achieve but the result is a similarly comprehensive coverage. 📖 This book covers all the technical details of the ships, both as built and as rebuilt, but also provides an extended history of their active service, including battle plans and track charts. Thoroughly illustrated with photographs, ship and armament plans, detail drawings and colour camouflage schemes, the book is a fitting companion to the authors’ previous volume on The Littorio Class. 📚 • #NewBooks #NewReleases #NewTitles #JuneReads #SpringReads #Bookstagram #SpringNewTitles #WW1 #WW2 #ItalianBattleships #ConteDiCavour #Duilio #Battleships #Warships #Navy #LittorioClass #Hardback #SeaforthPublishing #Maritime #MaritimeHistory #HistoryBooks #NonFiction #Shelfie (at Pen and Sword Books) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPniSHKLGYb/?utm_medium=tumblr

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📚 A perfect pair of brand new releases from P&S Transport are now in stock and both currently have 20% off their respective RRPs: 🚂 The East Kent Railway – The Line That Ran to Nowhere by John Scott-Morgan. 🚂 Modern Traction Profiles: The Deltics and Baby Deltics – A Tale of Success and Failure by Andrew Fowler. • #NewBooks #NewReleases #NewTitles #JuneReads #SpringReads #Bookstagram #SpringNewTitles #Hardback #HistoryBooks #NonFiction #Shelfie #Transport #TransportHistory #Trains #Railways #TrainsAndRailways #HistoricRailway #BritishHistory #EastKentRailway #Kent #ModernTractionProfiles #Modellers #TrainModels #ModernTractionProfiles (at Pen and Sword Books) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPldyRwL37o/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Exciting moment! Here’s our @rosemaryjbrown signing copies of Following Nellie Bly at @stanfordstravel last week! 🖋 Following Nellie Bly - Her Record-Breaking Race Around the World is available now, as seen in the Daily Express. 📰 • #FollowingNellieBly #NellieBly #AuthorsOfInstagram #19thCentury #InThePress #1800s #AroundTheWorldIn80Days #PhileasFogg #JulesVerne #SignedCopies #NewReleases #NewBooks #LatestRelease #Books #Hardback #WomenOfHistory #Bookshop #BookshopsOfInstagram #InvestigativeJournalism #DailyExpress #TrailblazingWomen #WorldTravel #Travelgram #ArmchairTravel #BookstagramTour #PenAndSword #PenAndSwordBooks https://www.instagram.com/p/CPiwBbprEnr/?utm_medium=tumblr