Despite the success and portability of audio and music in digital form, the availability of ebooks is designed for the convenience of the suppliers and to the inconvenience of the purchaser. The lessons of the demise of competing formats in days past has not been learned, spectacular examples of this being Betamax videocassettes and HD DVD discs. Regardless, the supply of ebooks is at best awkward and at worst crippled by multiple formats each being limited to a hardware issued by the supplier. Kindle and Apple Books are prime examples of this. Apple Books must be read on an Apple device; Amazon supplies both the device and the ebooks to read, but they must use the Kindle hardware, but at least there is an option to use the Kindle software on an alternative device. Unfortunately, even with Amazon there can be differences in availability between the two leading national stores - the USA and the UK. For consistency sake this page uses the UK version of Amazon, which is also the home of the English Monarchs series. However, if you are elsewhere and purchase Kindle ebooks from the US store (particularly the US and Australia) then expect to see some differences from that site compared with the UK Amazon store.

The result of this is an uneven spread of titles across multiple formats, vendors, and locations. For the English Monarchs series and its attendant companion titles some are available and some are not depending on your supplier of choice. While all the books below are available from Amazon for Kindle, some are not available from Apple for its Books app for Macs and iOS devices and some are not available from the other large distributor of ebooks - Google Play Books. Suggestions for other significant ebook distributors are welcome.

It’s a difficult topic to monitor because of the multiplicity of sources and none can be used as a standard, although like it or not the market leader, by it’s volume and omnipresence, is Amazon’s Kindle format. Below is a list in reign order of the ebooks available as at the start of 2023 for Kindle and for Apple Books. This is not a substitute for you to search for yourself from the selection on offer for your device, and attempts will be made to keep it more or less up to date. Note that for Apple Books only the Australian store can be searched by your website’s editor. Doubtless books missing from this list are available in the US and the UK Apple Books store, invisible to searches in other national stores.

Æthelstan

Kindle and Google Play Books

Æthelred II

Kindle and Google Play Books

*Unconfirmed availability on the US Apple Books store

Cnut the Great

Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play Books

Edward the Confessor

Barlow - Google Play Books

Licence - Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play Books

William the Conqueror

Douglas - Kindle

Bates - Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play Books

William Rufus

Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play Books

Henry I

Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play Books

Stephen

Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play Books

Matilda

Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play Books

Henry II

Not available

Eleanor of Aquitaine

Kindle, and Google Play Books

Henry, the Young King

Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play Books

Richard I

Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play Books

John

Not available

Louis

Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play Books

Henry III

Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play Books

Edward I

Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play Books

Edward II

Kindle

Edward III

Kindle

Richard II

Kindle, and Google Play Books

Henry IV

Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play Books

Henry V

Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play Books

Henry VI

Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play Books

Edward IV

Kindle, and Google Play Books

Richard III

Ross - Kindle, and Google Play Books

Hicks - Kindle and Apple Books

Henry VII

Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play Bookss

Henry VIII

Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play Books

Edward VI

Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play Books

Mary I

Kindle, and Google Play Books

Philip II

Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play Books

James I

Not available

Oliver Cromwell

Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play Books

James II

Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play Books

Anne

Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play Books

George I

Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play Books

George II

Kindle

George III

Kindle and Apple Books

George IV

Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play Books