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The first books produced by the company were in response to public demand, following a series of articles first published weekly in the
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from the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States of America, and Russia; primarily during the early part of the Cold War;
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Note all titles are distributed in the US; only 2,892 books (as of December 2020) are available from Casemate Publishers.
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Shot in the Tower: the story of the spies executed in the Tower of London during the First World War
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proved successful, and as more titles were produced, the company made the decision to launch a
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area of the Peak District National Park, and a further weekly feature on the history of two
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download. Releasing 500 new titles each year on a variety of subjects, it is part of the
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which specialises in printing and distributing books in both hardback and softback on
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archives of every possible global military subject, from animals and aircraft to the
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Following on from the success of the Dark Peak and Barnsley Pals books, a number of
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purchased it; and the Pen and Sword publishing house was established in
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Pen and Sword expanded its subject matter, branching out to cover
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and stories from many different periods throughout history;
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British speciality and history book and magazine publisher
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into an independent Jewish state from 1931 to 1948 ;
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