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...
The Revolting 17th Century
Bloomsbury Publising has released a new title looking at the turbulent and violent Seventeenth Century written by University of Oxford educator and researcher Dr. Jonathan Healey....
Henrietta Maria
Continuing with recent biographies of well-known women in English history, a recent biography by Leanda de Lisle of Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I, was released in 2022. The book...
New Tracy Borman Book
Tracy Borman, novelist and historian, has a new book to be released soon by Hodder and Stoughton. ‘Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I: the Mother and Daughter who Changed History’ will be...
The Hundred Years War ends
Faber and Faber publishers have announced the release date of the fifth and final book in Jonathan Sumption’s five volume series The Hundred Years War. 'Triumph and Illusion’ will...
Armada 2 (Spain nil)
This month Yale has published a completely revised edition of Colin Martin and Geoffrey Parker’s study of the Spanish Armada. This work was first published in 1988 on the occasion...
Two houses, two kingdoms, two centuries
Yale recently released a new title by Catherine Hanley, the author of two books related to the English Monarchs series - her biographies of Matilda and the attempted invasion of England...
Henry III Volume 2 cover and release dates
The second volume of David Carpenter’s epic English Monarchs series biography of Henry III will be released in hardback in the middle of 2023. The book trade is giving various dates...
Richard of Cornwall biography
Darren Baker’s Richard of Cornwall biography has been released in Britain, but North American Book vendors are reporing a revised release date of 15 January 2023. Richard is sorely...
Walter Mauny biography
Amberley Publishing has released the first ever biography of Walter Mauny, an important knight and a key figure in the reign of Edward III. Mauny is far from being a household name...
Richard III exhibition in London
The Wallace Collection, at Manchester Square in London, opens its Richard III exhibition next week on 7 September. The webpage for the exhibition says that “This free display traces...
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