Arundel Biography
Chris Given-Wilson, the author of the English Monarchs biography of Henry IV, has augmented this work with a new biography of Thomas Arundel, the Archbishop of Canterbury who was...
New English Monarchs title for 2026
Yale University Press has recently added to their book list a new English Monarchs Series title - ‘Empress Matilda: Queen of the Romans, Ruler of the English’. The new title has...
Æthelstan book
A new Æthelstan biography was published in the UK this month by Princeton University Press. The North American release will follow in January 2026. ‘The first king of England: Æthelstan...
Cromwell volume 2 in paperback
The paperback version of 'Oliver Cromwell: Commander in Chief’ was released today by Yale UK. This is volume 2 in Ronald Hutton’s three-volume biography of Cromwell. ISBN 978030028...
Elizabeth Longford Prize Winner Announced
The winner of the 2025 Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography was announced today. This year’s prize was awarded to ‘Augustus the strong: a study of artistic greatness...
New James IV & I Biography
Following from the news entry in May, yet another biography of James will be available soon. On 28 August Allen Lane publishers will release ‘The Mirror of Great Britain: a life of...
Duke of Buckingham biography
A new biography of George Viliers, the first Duke of Buckingham was released by Forth Estate late last year. ’The Scapegoat: the brilliant life of the Duke of Buckingham' was written...
New(ish) James VI and I biography
I have been made aware of a two-year old biography of king James IV and I written by by Dr. Steven Veerapen of the University of Strathclyde. His book 'The Wisest Fool: the Lavish...
The 2025 Longford Shortlist
Earlier this month a shortlist of five titles was announced for this year’s Longford prize for historical biography. Three of the five will be of great interest to readers of the...
Cromwell volume 2 in paperback
Yale has released a cover image and the publication date of the paperback version of Ronald Hutton’s ‘Oliver Cromwell: Commander in Chief'. This is the second volume of his three-volume...
The Fall of the Republic
Readers of the newly released volume two of Ronald Hutton’s biography of Oliver Cromwell will be interested also in another new Yale title called ‘The Fall: last days of the English...
Henry III, Part 2 in paperback
The paperback version of the second volume of David Carpenter’s Yale English Monarchs series biography of king Henry III has been released. This follows the paperback of volume one...
Cromwell Volume 2 released
Pre-ordered copies of Yale’s latest historical biography ‘Cromwell: Commander in Chief’ are arriving this week for those who ordered them, and bookshops in the UK should have stock...
Cecil's Spies
‘All His Spies: The Secret World of Robert Cecil’ by Stephen Alford (Professor of Early Modern British History, University of Leeds) is about to be released and will fascinate readers...
Revisiting Louis the Lion
Yale author Catherine Hanley has written a new version of the attempted 1216-1217 invasion of England by the French prince, Louis. Her Yale book, ‘Louis: the French prince who Invaded...
Yale's Ancient Lives Series
A new title in another Yale series brings is an aposite moment to publicise one of Yale’s other important history publications - The Ancient Lives Series. This is a new and rapidly...
Cromwell Volume 2 Announced
The second of Ronald Hutton’s trilogy of biographies of Oliver Cromwell has made its way to Yale’s online inventory. ‘Oliver Cromwell: Commander in Chief’ will be published in August...
Henry III paperback for September 2024
The second volume of David Carpenter’s Yale biography of Henry III will be published in paperback in September 2024. Yale has also released the cover image which continues the idea...
New Don Hollway title
Don Hollway continues his exploration of early English history with his new book on the seven decades leading up to the Norman invasion in 1066. A great read can be expected if you...
Women at war
The 20th Century is beyond the scope of the English Monarchs series, but a new Yale book requires attention in these pages. "Women in Intelligence: The Hidden History of Two World...
The Hundred Years War (again)
This week sees the release of the much-awaited concluding volume of Jonathan Sumption’s epic five-volume work The Hundred Years War. Volume 5, 'Triumph and Illusion' brings the narrative...
Getting it off your chest
The Times book of the year in 2001 was ‘The River Kings’ by Cat Jarman. Her speciality is to examine the historical record as a bioarchaeologist using forensic techniques and detection...
Holland on Rome
A new book by Tom Holland has been published this month. ‘Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age’ looks at the age of great expansion for Rome in the first and second centuries,...
Elizabeth I for 2025
Yale University Press has altered the date for the Simon Adams Elizabeth I English Monarchs book to April 2025. The date has slipped back six months from the earlier advised date...
Henry III, Carpenter 2
This week Yale is releasing the second volume in Professor David Carpenter’s epic biography of king Henry III. This book covers the period 1258 to 1272, and although a shorter span...
