Series Date

The Books by Order Added to Series

This page gives an idea of the unfolding structure of the series, rather than a formal list of the original release dates of the titles relative to each other. Note that the first two titles have been retired from the series.

*Indicates issued by a different publisher prior to the book’s inclusion in the series with the Yale reprints from 1997 onwards

See this page for a list of dates each book was first published.

English Monarchs Series Titles

1 - William the Conqueror (1964)

2 - James I (1967)

3 - Henry VIII (1968)

4 - Edward the Confessor (1970)

5 - Henry VII (1972)

6 - Henry II (1973)

7 - Edward IV (1974)

8 - Henry VI (1981)

9 - Richard III (1981)

10 - William II (1983)

11 - Edward I (1988)

12 - Henry V (1992)

13 - Richard II (1997)

14 - King John* (1997)

15 - George IV (1999)

16 - Edward VI (1999)

17 - Richard I (1999)

18 - James II* (2000)

19 - Henry I (2001)

20 - George I* (2001)

21 - Queen Anne* (2001)

22 - George III (2006)

23 - Edward II (2010)

24 - King Stephen (2011)

25 - George II (2011)

26 - Æthelstan (2011)

27 - Mary I (2011)

28 - Edward III (2011)

29 - Henry IV (2016)

30 - William the Conqueror (2016)

31 - Cnut (2017)

32 - Henry III - Vol. 1 (2020), Vol. 2 (2023)

33 - Edward the Confessor (2020)

Forthcoming Releases

34 - Elizabeth I (2025?)

Books Remaining

35 - James VI and I

36 - Charles I

37 - Charles II

38 - William III and Mary II

Companion Titles

1 - Eleanor of Aquitaine (2009)

2 - Philip of Spain (2014)

3 - Louis (2016)

4 - Henry, the Young King (2016)

5 - Æthelred II (2016)

6 - Matilda (2019)

7 - Richard III (2019)

8 - Oliver Cromwell (2021 & 2024)

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