Elizabeth Longford Prize 2026
The shortlist for the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography 2026 has been announced. Three of the five are historical biographies and two of these titles are published...
John Scarisbrick, 1928-2026
Readers of the Methuen-published English Monarchs series books will know the name John (Jack) Scarisbrick. His death was announced in February. Professor Scarisbrick was the author...
Offer Book Now Available
Rory Naismith’s book ‘Offa: King of the Mercians' - and the latest book in the English Monarchs series - was published during the last week of April in the UK. It will be available...
Bayeux Tapestry Tickets in July
Can there be any reader of this webiste who isn’t interested in a bit of a view of the Bayeux Tapestry? It will be on display at the Sainsbury Exhibitions Gallery at the British Museum...
Yale adds Hicks Richard III and Offa to series
Yale has quietly added Richard III by MIchael Hicks, and the fortcoming study of Offa by Rory Naismith, to the English Monarchs series on both the UK and the US websites. Richard...
Chalke History Festival 2026
This year’s Chalke History Festival (from 22 to 28 June) is drawing near. The festival’s website has announced a list of historians who will be attending this year, including Mary...
Cover images released for Harold and William books
Yale has posted the covers for the forthcoming new releases of King Harold, by Tom Licence, and William the Conqueror, by David Bates. 'Harold: Warrior King’ will be released on 11...
An Offa You Can't Refuse
A biography of Offa by Rory Naismith (University of Cambridge) will be released at the end of April 2026 by Yale UK. The publicity promises that the book will change the popular view...
New Conqueror Paperback
In a rare double post for this news page, a second new English Monarchs publiation has been revealed. A simultaneous update from Yale has given us not only the King Harold book, mentioned...
Harold Biography Announced
Yale has posted the details of the forthcoming biography of King Harold by Tom Licence. The author had posted news of the book on his own page at the University of East Anglia during...
Wolfson History Prize 2025
The winner of the 2025 Wolfson History Prize has been announced. Hanna Durkin’s ‘Survivors: the Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade’ was awarded the prize....
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...
