Oliver Cromwell: Commander in Chief by Ronald Hutton
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A new study of Cromwell as military leader
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The Island by Nicholas Jenkins
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A fascinating new study of young Auden & co. in the interwar years
Read MorePower and Glory by Alexander Larman
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A new book about the final years of England’s King George Vi
Read MoreThe Wife of Bath: A Biography by Marion Turner
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A new book charts the long literary life of Chaucer’s most popular character.
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Living Like a Tudor by Amy Licence
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What did the Tudors see, taste, hear, and smell, and what did they think of it all?
Read MoreNoble Ambitions by Adrian Tinniswood
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The postwar history of great English country houses, with plenty of twists and turns.
Read MoreThe Puritans: A Transatlantic History by David D. Hall
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A definitively researched explanation for a phenomena many of us still don’t understand.
Read MoreMatilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior by Catherine Hanley
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Hanley’s assessment of the various roles Matilda filled in her life is uniformly thought-provoking.
Read MoreAuthor interview: Alison Weir
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In Anna of Kleve, Weir crafts an intriguingly multifaceted portrait of this oddest of all English queens. Open Letters asked her some questions about the challenges of this latest installment in the “Six Tudor Queens” series.
Read MoreThe Shadow King: The Life and Death of Henry VI by Lauren Johnson
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An immensely readable popular biography of Henry VI, warmly sympathetic to the tormented figure at its center.
Read MoreDevices and Desires by Kate Hubbard
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A big, bouncily-written biography of Bess, the Countess of Shrewsbury—a fascinating figure from the era.
Read MoreAmong the Wolves of Court by Lauren Mackay
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Mackay’s intensely painstaking excavation of what life was like for an infamous set of Tudor courtiers is eye-opening.
Read MoreThe Gown by Jennifer Robson
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A historical novel about Queen Elizabeth’s wedding gown, and the women who made it.
Read MoreMy Darling Winston: The Letters Between Winston Churchill and His Mother
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A surprisingly dark addition to the nearly endless library of Winston Churchill biographies.
Read MoreThe King’s Assassin by Benjamin Woolley
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Research reveals new details about the conspiracy to kill King James I by the Duke of Buckingham
Read MoreThe Viking Wars by Max Adams
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Adams has written a lively-yet-scholarly modern epic history the tale deserves.
Read MoreJane Seymour: The Haunted Queen by Alison Weir
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Full of atmospheric historical details, this novel about King Henry VIII’s third wife portrays the dramas of the most notorious court in English history.
Read MoreThe Black Prince by Michael Jones
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A direct and engaging narrative line runs throughout The Black Prince, making it an involving reading experience.
Read MoreElizabeth's Rival by Nicola Tallis
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This is the colorful material insanely prolific historical novelist Victoria Holt used for one of her best novels, 1979's My Enemy, the Queen.
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