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Britse geschiedenis boeken

Britse geschiedenis boeken recensie, review en informatie nieuwe geschiedenisboeken over het Verenigd Koninkrijk. Welke nieuwe boeken over de geschiedenis van Engeland, Schotland en Wales verschijnen er? Waarover gaan de inhoud van de boeken? Wat zijn de beste Britse geschiedenisboeken?

Britse geschiedenis boeken

De geschiedenis van het Verenigd Koninkrijk is voor velen boeiend en interessant. Niet vreemd dus dat er veel boeken over de Britse geschiedenis verschijnen.


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Wat zijn goede nieuwe Britse geschiedenis boeken?

Hieronder is een overzicht samengesteld van nieuwe geschiedenisboeken over Groot-Brittannië. De indeling is op de datum van publicatie. Zowel Nederlandstalige als Engelse boeken zijn opgenomen. Links verwijzen naar uitgebreide informatie over de inhoud van het boek, de auteur, recensies, reviews en bestelmogelijkheden.

A.G. Hopkins The Land Where Nothing Works reviewThe Land Where Nothing Works

How Britain Lost the Plot

  • Author: A.G. Hopkins (Engeland)
  • Book type: book about Britain
  • Publisher: Princeton University Press
  • To be released: April 14, 2026
  • Length: 288 pages
  • Format: hardback / ebook
  • Prize: £ 25.00
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  • Blurb of the book: What has happened to Britain? As drivers on its roads can attest, it is the pothole capital of Europe. Once-beautiful towns now feature peeling paint, weeds, and broken railings. Public services are no longer fit for purpose. A malaise seems to infect every aspect of British life: its economy, polity, social order, sense of well-being, domestic regional relationships, and place in the world. Distinguished historian A. G. Hopkins offers an explanation, tracing Britain’s current problems to decisions made in the 1980s that abandoned its postwar experiment in social democracy and mimicked policies of deregulation and privatisation promoted by the United States…read on >

R.A.J. Waddingham First Kings reviewFirst Kings

Forged by Vikings in England and Norway

  • Author: R.A.J. Waddingham (England)
  • Book type: English history, Viking history
  • Publisher: History Press
  • To be released: January 29, 2026
  • Length: 192 pages
  • Format: paperback / ebook
  • Prize: £ 22.99 / £ 12.99
  • Order book from: Amazon / Bol
  • Content: When Viking armies first over-wintered in England, they opened a century of conflict and ambition. In Norway, Harald Fairhair rose from a regional chieftain to become its first king, while in England Alfred the Great preserved Wessex from conquest and laid the foundations for unity. His successors, Edward the Elder and Athelstan, extended that vision, leading to the creation of a single English kingdom after Athelstan’s decisive victory at Brunanburh in 937…read on >

Alwyn Turner A Shellshocked Nation reviewA Shellshocked Nation

  • Author: Alwyn Turner (England)
  • Book type: British history of the interbellum
  • Publisher: Profile Books
  • To be released: 22 January 2026
  • Length: 384 pages
  • Format: hardcover / ebook
  • Prize: £ 25.00
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  • Content book: After the calamity of the Great War, there was a desire in Britain for escapist fun – the lights of the Jazz Age, radio comedies and the pictures were a welcome respite from the grim reality of the Great Depression. Yet the storm clouds were gathering, and Britain between the wars was a turbulent, restless place – and where the foundations of the modern nation were laid…read on >

Nick Aitchison Scotland's Stone of Destiny reviewScotland’s Stone of Destiny

  • Auteur: Nick Aitchison (Schotland)
  • Soort boek: Schotse geschiedenis
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: The History Press
  • Verschijnt: 27 november 2025
  • Uitgave: paperback
  • Prijs: £ 14,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris
  • Inhoud boek: Scotland’s ‘Stone of Destiny’ is the most famous symbol of both Scottish nationhood and the British monarchy. Nick Aitchison has produced the first fully researched and illustrated study of its history, mythology and cultural significance. Having first traced the origin, evolution and function of myths surrounding the Stone and the ancient prophecy that gives the Stone its name, he examines the stone itself and for the first time reveals the Stone’s original function and the origins of its symbolic sanctity…lees verder >

Mark Garnett Downing Street Downfalls reviewDowning Street Downfalls

The Misadventures of Britain’s Prime Ministers Since Thatcher

  • Auteur: Mark Garnett (Engeland)
  • Soort boek: Britse politieke geschiedenis
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Agenda Publishing
  • Verschijnt: 20 november 2025
  • Omvang: 256 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback / ebook
  • Prijs: £ 20,00
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris
  • Inhoud boek: This book, which straddles more than 30 years of prime ministerial misadventures, poses questions about the underlying factors as well as the specific circumstances for individual departures. Is the role of prime minister just becoming too difficult to perform successfully? If so, why? Has there been a decline in calibre in the candidates holding office? In exploring how the famous entrance to number 10 Downing Street has become a revolving door, the book shines a fresh light on the nature of politics and political office in the UK today…lees verder >

Andy Webb Dianarama reviewDianarama

The Betrayal of Princess Diana

  • Author: Andy Webb (England)
  • Book type: book about Princess Diana
  • Publisher: Michael Joseph
  • Released: November 20, 2025
  • Length: 432 pages
  • Format: hardback / ebook / audiobook
  • Prize: £ 22.00 / £ 10.99 / £ 14.00
  • Order book from: Amazon / Bol
  • Content: Andy Webb exclusively reveals the true extent of the deception Princess Diana experienced at the hands of BBC reporter Martin Bashir before giving her iconic 1995 Panorama TV interview, and how the cover-up that followed left the vulnerable princess to her fate. Andy Webb, the journalist who obtained the secret files that first broke the story, offers unrivalled insider access to the key players in a thrilling narrative spanning thirty years…read on >

Martin Dufferwiel Northumbria's Bloody History reviewNorthumbria’s Bloody History

  • Author: Martin Dufferwiel (United Kingdom)
  • Book type: Northumbria’s history, English history
  • Publisher: History Press
  • To be released: November 6, 2025
  • Length: 192 pages
  • Format: paperback / ebook
  • Prize: £ 16.99
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  • Content: From the Tees to the Tweed, from Barnard Castle to Berwick and from Hartlepool to Haltwhistle, the North East of England holds a long history and unique heritage. Many have fought and spilled blood on our soil – Roman legions, Dark-Age war lords, Viking raiders, Norman invaders, reivers and rebels; three centuries of cross-border conflict with Scotland changed the course of not just regional but national history…read on >

Tracy Borman The Stolen Crown reviewThe Stolen Crown

Treachery, Deceit, and the Death of the Tudor Dynasty

  • Author: Tracy Borman (England)
  • Book type: British history
  • Publisher: Grove Atlantic
  • To be released: November 4, 2025
  • Length: 448 pages
  • Format: hardback / ebook
  • Prize: £ 30.00
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  • Content: In the long and dramatic annals of British history, no transition from one monarch to another has been as fraught and consequential as that which ended the Tudor dynasty and launched the Stuart in March 1603. At her death, Elizabeth I had reigned for 44 turbulent years, facing many threats, whether external from Spain or internal from her cousin Mary, Queen of Scots. But no danger was greater than the uncertainty over who would succeed her, which only intensified as her reign lengthened…read on >

Heather Blurton Richard the Lionheart reviewRichard the Lionheart

In Life and in Legend

  • Auteur: Heather Blurton
  • Soort boek: Engelse geschiedenis, Middeleeuwse geschiedenis
  • Uitgever: Reaktion Books
  • Reeks: Medieval Lives
  • Verschijnt: 1 november 2025
  • Omvang: 200 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek
  • Prijs: £ 16,95
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris
  • Inhoud boek: How did Richard the Lionheart, who once said he would sell London if he found a buyer, become celebrated as the ideal of English chivalry? This book examines the life of Richard I (1157–1199) through the captivating stories told about him, from accounts of his deeds in medieval sources to his portrayals in modern literature and media. Tales of Richard’s exploits were as colourful as they were varied…lees verder >

Dan Jones Leeuwenharten recensieLeeuwenharten

  • Auteur: Dan Jones (Engeland)
  • Soort boek: historische roman over de middeleeuwen
  • Origineel: Lion Hearts (2025)
  • Nederlandse vertaling: Wilma Paalman, Willem van Paassen
  • Uitgever: Omniboek
  • Verschijnt: 30 oktober 2025
  • Omvang: 416 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback / ebook
  • Prijs: € 24,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Boekenwereld / Bol / Libris
  • Inhoud roman: Het is 1350. De pest grijpt om zich heen, koninkrijken staan tegenover elkaar en overal dreigt oorlog. Door dit onzekere landschap beweegt zich een groep huurlingen, bekend als de Essex Dogs. Verspreid over Zuid-Engeland zijn de mannen van de Essex Dogs elkaar uit het oog verloren. De een woont aan het luisterrijke hof van de koning, de ander houdt nauwelijks zijn hoofd boven water, en weer anderen zijn op levensgevaarlijke missie…lees verder >

Ben Barry The Rise and Fall of the British Army 1975-2025 reviewThe Rise and Fall of the British Army

1975-2025

  • Auteur: Ben Barry (Engeland)
  • Soort boek: militaire geschiedenis
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Osprey Publisking
  • Verschijnt: 9 oktober 2025
  • Omvang: 496 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
  • Prijs: £ 30,00 / £ 21,00
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol
  • Inhoud boek: A new study of a critical period in the history of the British Army. The last half century has seen society, technology, the character of conflict and the British Army itself all change greatly. From a low point in the 1970s, the Army’s war fighting capability increased in the 1980s in the face of a prospective war with the Soviet Union. This capability was then tested on operations from Kuwait in 1991 through to Afghanistan in 2001 and the 2003 invasion of Iraq…lees verder >

The Book of Bradford reviewThe Book of Bradford

A City in Short Fiction

  • Redactie: Saima Mir (Engeland)
  • Soort boek: verhalen over de stad Bradford
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Comma Press
  • Verschijnt: 2 oktober 2025
  • Omvang:
  • Uitgave: paperback
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon
  • Inhoud boek: A city built on proud northern values, but one which also boasts one of the UK’s youngest and most diverse populations, Bradford is nothing if not a place of immense contrasts. Bringing together fiction from some of the city’s most celebrated writers, The Book of Bradford reflects this intriguing juxtaposition, celebrating the city’s infinite potential while robustly challenging the sometimes unwelcome stereotypes. From the family affected by the Bradford City Stadium fire, to the Pakistan immigrant who forms a close bond with her next-door neighbour…lees verder >

Ken Follett Cirkel der dagen recensieCirkel der dagen

  • Auteur: Ken Follett (Wales)
  • Soort boek: roman over het ontstaan van Stonehenge
  • Origineel: Circle of Days (2025)
  • Nederlandse vertaling: Joost van der Meer, William Oostendorp
  • Uitgever: Boekerij
  • Verschijnt: 23 september 2025
  • Omvang: 560 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook / luisterboek
  • Prijs: € 29.99 / € 14,99 / € 14,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Bol / Libris
  • Inhoud roman: Groot-Brittannië, 25e eeuw v.C. Op een heuvel verrijst een groots bouwwerk: Stonehenge. Ken Follett neemt zijn lezers mee naar het ontstaan van het indrukwekkende Stonehenge Een vuursteendelver met een technische gave, een priesteres die in het onmogelijke gelooft en een monument dat een beschaving zal definiëren…lees verder >

Michael R. Bailey Locomotion No. 1 reviewLocomotion No. 1

The True Story of the World’s First Public Service Steam Locomotive

  • Auteurs: Michael R. BaileyPeter H. Davidson (Engeland)
  • Soort boek: spoorweggeschiedenis
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: The History Press
  • Verschijnt: 18 september 2025
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
  • Prijs: £ 25,00 / £ 14,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris
  • Inhoud: In 1825 the Stockton & Darlington Railway began operations as the world’s first public railway to be operated by steam. The first train, that opened the railway on the 27th September, was drawn by the locomotive that became known as Locomotion No.1, and from this origin all public railways the world over developed to become the driving force behind economic progress…lees verder >

Amy Gray Red Duchess Kitty Atholl reviewRed Duchess

Kitty Atholl, A Rebel in Westminster

  • Auteur: Amy Gray (Schotland)
  • Soort boek: biografie
  • Taal; Engels
  • Uitgever: The History Press
  • Verschijnt: 18 september 2025
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
  • Prijs:  £ 22,00 /  £ 12,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris
  • Inhoud boek: Born into an ancient Scottish family and married to a philandering duke, Kitty rose above the constraints of class and convention to become a tireless advocate for women and children. By her election as the first Scottish female MP in 1923, she was one of the most prominent women in Scotland – and that was well before she shocked Westminster with outspoken rebellions against her own government…lees verder >

Niels Posthumus Verdeeld koninkrijk recensieVerdeeld koninkrijk

Op reis door het Groot-Brittannië van Charles

  • Auteur: Niels Posthumus (Nederland)
  • Soort boek: journalistiek reisverslag
  • Uitgever: Balans
  • Verschijnt: 4 september 2025
  • Omvang: 320 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback / ebook
  • Prijs: € 23,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Bol / Libris
  • Inhoud boek: Journalist Niels Posthumus reisde kriskras door het Groot-Brittannië en sprak onderweg met mensen uit alle lagen van de bevolking. Hoe ziet de nieuwe vorst de toekomst, en hoe vinden de overige 68 miljoen Britten dat hun land ervoor staat? Het resultaat is een fascinerend portret van een land op zoek naar zichzelf…lees verder >

Gareth Williams The Impossible Bomb reviewThe Impossible Bomb

The Hidden History of British Scientists and the Race to Create an Atomic Weapon

  • Auteur: Gareth Williams (Engeland)
  • Soort boek: oorlogsgeschiedenis
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Yale University Press
  • Verschijnt: 2 september 2025
  • Omvang: 480 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
  • Prijs: $ 40.00
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris
  • Inhoud boek: The remarkable story of the forgotten British scientists who enabled the Manhattan Project to create the atomic bomb. Atomic weaponry is widely understood as a story of American scientific achievement—but scientists working in Britain played a vital role in its development. Including Nobel Prize winners and Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany, these scientists have long since been forgotten. But without their expertise, Robert Oppenheimer’s research at Los Alamos would never have succeeded…lees verder >

David Woodman The First King of England reviewThe First King of England

Æthelstan and the Birth of a Kingdom

  • Auteur: David Woodman (Engeland)
  • Soort boek: Engelse geschiedenis, biografie
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Princeton University Press
  • Verschijnt: 2 september 2025
  • Omvang: 344 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
  • Prijs: $ 35,00
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris
  • Inhoud boek: The First King of England is a foundational biography of Æthelstan (d. 939), the early medieval king whose territorial conquests and shrewd statesmanship united the peoples, languages, and cultures that would come to be known as the “kingdom of the English.” In this panoramic work, David Woodman blends masterful storytelling with the latest scholarship to paint a multifaceted portrait of this immensely important but neglected figure, a man celebrated in his day as much for his benevolence, piety, and love of learning as he was for his ambitious reign…lees verder >

Robert Hardman Charles III reviewCharles III

The Inside Story

  • Auteur: Robert Hardman (Engeland)
  • Soort boek: biografie van koning Charles III
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Pan Mcmillan
  • Verschijnt: 28 augustus 2025
  • Omvang: 576 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback / ebook
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Libris
  • Inhoud boek: By the acclaimed royal biographer and commentator Robert Hardman, Charles III is an intimate portrait of the monarch that draws on unrivalled access to the Royal Family, their close friends and staff, plus previously unseen papers from the Royal Archives. Authoritative and richly insightful, Charles III is the definitive account of a king determined to maximize ‘the time God grants me’ – and enjoy it…lees verder >

Dickon Whitewood Stoke Field 1487 reviewStoke Field 1487

The Last Battle of the Wars of the Roses

  • Auteur: Dickon Whitewood (Engeland)
  • Soort boek: Engelse oorlogsgeschiedenis
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Osprey Publishing
  • Verschijnt: 28 augustus 2025
  • Omvang: 98 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback
  • Prijs: £ 16,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris
  • Inhoud boek: The Battle of Stoke is popularly considered to be the last battle of the Wars of the Roses. Less than two years previously, King Henry VII had been crowned on the battlefield following his victory over Richard III at Bosworth. Henry soon took steps to secure his crown, and made certain to keep control of any potential rivals. Despite these efforts, a plot soon emerged against his rule, which culminated in the crowning of a rival king in Ireland. Launching an invasion of England…lees verder >

Richard Tames A Short History of Cambridge reviewA Short History of Cambridge

  • Auteur: Richard Tames (Engeland)
  • Soort boek: geschiedenis van de stad Cambridge
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Haus Publishing
  • Verschijnt: 19 augustus 2025
  • Omvang: 300 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback / ebook
  • Prijs: £ 10,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris
  • Inhoud boek: The splendour of Cambridge – to which more than eight million visitors are attracted every year – and its famous university have ensured that the town has long enjoyed international renown. Digging deep into its emergence and evolution, A Short History of Cambridge sheds light on the origins of academia in the area and the fascinating history of one of England’s most famous towns…lees verder >

Christopher Horlock Quirky Brighton reviewQuirky Brighton

  • Auteur: Christopher Horlock (Engeland)
  • Soort boek: geschiedenis van de stad Brighton
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Amberley Publishing
  • Verschijnt: 15 augustus 2025
  • Omvang: 96 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback
  • Prijs: £ 15,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris
  • Inhoud boek: Brighton and Hove is one of England’s most recent cities and also one of its most colourful and eccentric. It developed as a fashionable resort in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, becoming inextricably linked with the extravagant behaviour of George IV and his fantastical Pavilion. In this book author Christopher Horlock delves into lesser-known but fascinating tales from Brighton’s past…lees verder >

Adam Parker Magic in Roman Britain reviewMagic in Roman Britain

  • Auteur: Adam Parker (Engeland)
  • Soort boek: Romeinen boek, Britse geschiedenis
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Amberley Publishing
  • Verschijnt: 15 augustus 2025
  • Omvang: 96 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback
  • Prijs: £ 15,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris
  • Inhoud boek: In Roman Britain people used magic to protect themselves, to gain better health, to fall in love, and to curse wrongdoers. They used arcane words, strange and uncanny materials, and called upon supernatural creatures to make the magic work. This book introduces the subject of magical practices in the ancient world and explores the many incredible ways that this presented itself in Britain in the first four centuries ad. Many different types of magic are featured…lees verder >

Amanda Harvey Purse Henry's Roses reviewHenry’s Roses

The Lives of Elizabeth of York, Margaret of Scotland and Mary of France

  • Auteur: Amanda Harvey Purse (Engeland)
  • Soort boek: Engelse geschiedenis
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Amberley Publishing
  • Verschijnt: 15 augustus 2025
  • Omvang: 288 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek
  • Prijs: £ 22,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris
  • Inhoud boek: Henry VIII’s relationships with women in his adult life were not plain sailing. He was the Tudor king who had six wives, two of whom he murdered. But what of the three powerful Tudor women who surrounded Henry VIII in his early life? The ones who knew him before the marriages, before the beheadings, before the tyranny? One was Queen of England, one was Queen of Scotland and the other was Queen of France – but for Henry VIII these women were his mother and sisters…lees verder >

Andrew Lownie Entitled reviewEntitled

The Rise and Fall of the House of York

  • Auteur: Andrew Lownie (Engeland_
  • Soort boek: biografie van Prins Andrew
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: William Collins
  • Verschijnt: 14 augustus 2025
  • Omvang: 448 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback / gebonden boek / ebook / luisterboek
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris
  • Inhoud boek: Drawing on four years of research, numerous FOI requests and interviews with over a hundred people who have never spoken before, the book traces the lives of the late Queen’s second son and his ex-wife through their childhoods, courtship, marriage, divorce, careers, and royal and charitable activities. Still living in the same house, they claim to be ‘the happiest divorced couple in the world’. The book investigates the reality of their relationship and their love lives…lees verder >

Tim Hames Measuring Monarchy reviewMeasuring Monarchy

The Most Overrated and Underrated British Kings and Queens

  • Auteur: Tim Hames (Engeland)
  • Soort boek: Britse geschiedenis
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: The History Press
  • Verschijnt: 24 juli 2025
  • Omvang: 256 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
  • Prijs: £ 16,99 / £ 9,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris
  • Inhoud boek: Measuring Monarchy provides a completely original outlook as to how to analyse British kings and queens and throws a revisionist Molotov cocktail into our historical thinking. It puts forward and explains the case for five comparative metrics for all UK monarchs: their professional standing, their popular standing with the public, their impact on public finances, how they conducted foreign policy and their preparations for succession…lees verder >

Victor Gibson North Sea Oil reviewNorth Sea Oil

A History – Sixty Years of Triumph and Tragedy

  • Auteur: Victor Gibson (Engeland)
  • Soort boek: Britse geschiedenis
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Amberley Publishing
  • Verschijnt: 15 juli 2025
  • Omvang: 288 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek
  • Prijs: £ 22,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris
  • Inhoud boek: Charting the development of the North Sea Oil business from the early days, when oil companies hired seismic ships to go out and use dynamite to try to determine whether there was any oil out there, to the modern day, this is a fascinating history of oil and gas exploration, development and production in the North Sea. This was a drama enacted out of sight of land, in the freezing waters of one of the world’s most hostile seas…lees verder >

Patricia Southern The Story of Stonehenge reviewThe Story of Stonehenge

  • Auteur: Patricia Southern (Engeland)
  • Soort boek: Engelse geschiedenis, prehistorie
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Amberley Publishing
  • Verschijnt: 15 juli 2025
  • Omvang: 160 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
  • Prijs:  £ 16,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol
  • Inhoud boek: Patricia Southern’s new history considers the conflicting theories around how it was built with such precision and why. Did the stones arrive at Stonehenge by humans, or were they transported there by glaciers long before the first monument was built? Was it a religious centre for unknown rites and ceremonies? Did it function as an observatory for the sun and the moon, a sort of stone calendar to mark the seasons and the appropriate festivals? One thing it never was, a Druid temple…lees verder >

Mike O'Connor The Little History of Storytelling in Cornwall reviewThe Little History of Storytelling in Cornwall

  • Auteur: Mike O’Connor (Engeland)
  • Soort boek: boek met verhalen over Cornwall
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: The History Press
  • Reeks: The Little History
  • Verschijnt: 3 juli 2025
  • Uitgave: paperback / ebook
  • Prijs: £ 12,99 / £ 6,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris
  • Inhoud boek: Cornwall’s storytelling tradition stretches back a thousand years. Before TV and radio, stories were told among the flickering shadows at the fireside. They whiled away the travellers’ miles, long hours in the fields, and days at sea. They gladdened brief moments of relaxation for miners and bal-maidens. Travelling storytellers wandered from village to village swapping words for supper, and a rich local dialect brought the tales to life. Classic Cornish tales such as the Mermaid of Zennor and Jan Tregeagle are wonderfully entertaining, and collectively tell us much about Cornwall, its people, and its history…lees verder >

Hendrik V

Het leven van Engelands grootste koning, 1386-1422

  • Dan Jones Hendrik V recensieAuteur: Dan Jones (Engeland)
  • Soort boek: biografie, Engelse geschiedenis
  • Origineel: Henry V (2024)
  • Uitgever: Omniboek
  • Verschijnt: 23 januari 2025
  • Omvang: 320 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
  • Prijs: € 29,99 / € 9,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Boekenwereld / Bol / Libris
  • Inhoud boek: In Hendrik V vertelt Dan Jones het levensverhaal van Hendrik V (1386-1422). Hoewel hij slechts negen jaar en vier maanden koning van Engeland was, wordt hij gezien als de imposantste en invloedrijkste koning uit de Engelse geschiedenis. Hij was een geharde, soms brute krijger, maar ook een intellectueel, creatief en artistiek. Een leider die veel fouten maakte, maar altijd leek te zegevieren wanneer het er echt op aankwam…lees verder >

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Afbeelding bovenzijde: Big Ben, Londen, Engeland (T. Athawes, Unsplash)

A.G. Hopkins – The Land Where Nothing Works

A.G. Hopkins The Land Where Nothing Works review and information book about How Britain Lost the Plot. Princeton University Press will publish the book on Britain’s current malaise, written by A.G. Hopkins, the British historian, on April 14, 2026. Here you can read information about the content of the book, the author and the publication.

A.G. Hopkins The Land Where Nothing Works reviews

Whenever a review of The Land Where Nothing Works, How Britain Lost the Plot, the book written by A.G. Hopkins, appears in the media, we’ll highlight it on this page.

  • “The Land Where Nothing Works badly needed writing. Drawing on wide-ranging statistical evidence and writing with passion and flashes of (on occasion) laugh-out-loud dark humour, A. G. Hopkins succeeds in making his case that British decline since the end of the 1970s has been dramatic on just about every internationally accepted standard of measurement. This book, the work of one of our most distinguished and experienced modern historians, deserves to be widely read by all those keen to discover how Britain became the dysfunctional society it is today—and how its vertiginous decline might be reversed.” (Scott Newton, Cardiff University)
  • “In The Land where Nothing Works, A. G. Hopkins, one of our most eminent historians of empire, traces a fascinating story of how Britain arrived at its current broken state. He combines a pithy, even racy, writing style with outstanding academic scholarship. He has covered a remarkable breadth of literature, from recent decades of journalism to highly reputable and thorough academic research. He has digested and synthesised this material with new insights into a coherent and fascinating account of Britain’s relative economic and social decline. For a time in the 1970s, Britain was labelled the ‘sick man of Europe.’ The ‘Thatcher revolution’ was meant to be a cure. Hopkins explains in clear and accessible language how and why the cure failed. The book is essential reading for all who worry that this failure could trigger Britain’s slide into a populist dystopia.” (John Muellbauer, University of Oxford)
  • “Long-established as a preeminent scholar of empire, A. G. Hopkins has turned his attention to postwar Britain. In what he asserts will be his last book, he dissects the problems of the last seventy years with characteristic verve and insight. While inescapably controversial, his diagnosis will undoubtedly have a big impact on how we think about the political economy of modern Britain.” (Jim Tomlinson, University of Glasgow)

A.G. Hopkins The Land Where Nothing Works

The Land Where Nothing Works

How Britain Lost the Plot

  • Author: A.G. Hopkins (Engeland)
  • Book type: book about Britain
  • Publisher: Princeton University Press
  • To be released: April 14, 2026
  • Length: 288 pages
  • Format: hardback / ebook
  • Prize: £ 25.00
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Blurb of the book by A.G. Hopkins on Britain’s current malaise

Tracing the origins of Britain’s current malaise to the abandonment of social democracy.

What has happened to Britain? As drivers on its roads can attest, it is the pothole capital of Europe. Once-beautiful towns now feature peeling paint, weeds, and broken railings. Public services are no longer fit for purpose. A malaise seems to infect every aspect of British life: its economy, polity, social order, sense of well-being, domestic regional relationships, and place in the world.

In The Land Where Nothing Works, the distinguished historian A. G. Hopkins offers an explanation, tracing Britain’s current problems to decisions made in the 1980s that abandoned its postwar experiment in social democracy and mimicked policies of deregulation and privatisation promoted by the United States.

In 1945, the new Labour government’s development programme aimed at creating a social democracy that would benefit all members of society. The counterrevolution launched by Margaret Thatcher’s government in 1979, which remains in force today, promoted individualism and deregulation. The transition from one programme to another was a response to the growth of finance and services centred on the City of London, and to decolonisation, which redirected trade to Europe. The expansion of credit led to the financial crisis of 2008 and the years of austerity that followed, and fuelled the populist movement that culminated in Brexit. Hopkins argues that, instead of following the free-market policies of its mentor, the United States, Britain should draw on its own history of social democracy and borrow from its neighbours in Europe, where communitarian principles continue to be upheld.

Antony Gerald Hopkins was born 21 February 1938. is a British historian specialising in the economic history of Africa, European colonialism, and globalisation. He is Emeritus Smuts Professor of Commonwealth History at the University of Cambridge, an Emeritus Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge and a fellow of the British Academy.

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Martin Dufferwiel – Northumbria’s Bloody History

Martin Dufferwiel Northumbria’s Bloody History review and information. History Press will publish this book by Martin Dufferwiel, the British historian on November 6 in 2025. Here you can read information about the content of the book, the author and the publication.

Martin Dufferwiel Northumbria’s Bloody History review

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Martin Dufferwiel Northumbria's Bloody History

Northumbria’s Bloody History

  • Author: Martin Dufferwiel (United Kingdom)
  • Book type: Northumbria’s history, English history
  • Publisher: The History Press
  • To be released: November 6, 2025
  • Length: 192 pages
  • Format: paperback / ebook
  • Prize: £ 16.99
  • Order book from: Amazon / Bol

Blurb of the book about the history of Northumbria

From the Tees to the Tweed, from Barnard Castle to Berwick and from Hartlepool to Haltwhistle, the North East of England holds a long history and unique heritage. Many have fought and spilled blood on our soil – Roman legions, Dark-Age war lords, Viking raiders, Norman invaders, reivers and rebels; three centuries of cross-border conflict with Scotland changed the course of not just regional but national history.

Historical figures such as Ida the Flamebearer, Aethelfrith the Destroyer, William Wallace and Harry Hotspur all feature, but the sound and fury of arms and armour has largely drowned out the voices of ordinary people and individuals whose names have been lost to history. To this end, Northumbria’s Bloody History also includes accounts of random acts of everyday violence, the ravages of the Black Death and the cruelties of religious persecution in the land which once formed the heart of ancient Northumbria.

Martin Dufferwiel, a resident of Durham is the author of a number of magazine articles and four published books about the city and county. He enjoys writing history for non-historians, offering an alternative to most contemporary volumes about historical topics. He is a member of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and of the Society of Authors.

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Tracy Borman – The Stolen Crown

Tracy Borman The Stolen Crown. Grove Atlantic will publish this new book by Tracy Borman about treachery, deceit, and the death of the Tudor dynasty, on November 4 in 2025. Here you can read information about the content of the book, the author and the publication.

Tracy Borman The Stolen Crown review

  • “Pacy … makes the case that Elizabeth I played ‘a masterstroke of statecraft’ by not naming her successor … Borman tells the story with panache and urgency.” (The Times)
  • “Reveals sensational new evidence which throws doubt on everything historians thought they knew about the dying days of the Tudors . . . With this bit of dynamite in her toolbox, Borman now casts an eye back over the last decades of Elizabeth’s reign. And what she discovers is far more contorted, contested and downright bloody than previously understood … her interpretation of the latest forensic scholarship on the Elizabethan end days makes this a model work of popular history.” (Daily Mail)
  • “In tracing the history of the rival claimants, secret letters, and palace intrigues that marked the tumultuous end of the Tudor dynasty and start of the Stuart, Borman – thanks to newly uncovered material – lays bare the 400-year lie (zounds!) of Elizabeth I’s supposed deathbed naming of James I as her successor (“I’ll have none but him” she was purported to have declared).” (Globe and Mail)

Tracy Borman The Stolen Crown

The Stolen Crown

Treachery, Deceit, and the Death of the Tudor Dynasty

  • Author: Tracy Borman (England)
  • Book type: British history
  • Publisher: Grove Atlantic
  • To be released: November 4, 2025
  • Length: 448 pages
  • Format: hardback / ebook
  • Prize: £ 30.00
  • Order book from: Amazon / Bol

Blurb of the book by Tracy Borman the end of Tudor and launche of the Stuart Dynasty

In the long and dramatic annals of British history, no transition from one monarch to another has been as fraught and consequential as that which ended the Tudor dynasty and launched the Stuart in March 1603. At her death, Elizabeth I had reigned for 44 turbulent years, facing many threats, whether external from Spain or internal from her cousin Mary, Queen of Scots. But no danger was greater than the uncertainty over who would succeed her, which only intensified as her reign lengthened. Her unwillingness to marry or name a successor gave rise to fierce rivalry between blood claimants to the throne—Mary and her son, James VI of Scotland, Arbella Stuart, Lady Katherine Grey, Henry Hastings, and more—which threatened to destabilize the monarchy.

As acclaimed Tudor historian Tracy Borman reveals in The Stolen Crown, according to Elizabeth’s earliest biographer, William Camden, in his history of her reign, on her deathbed the queen indicated James was her chosen heir, and indeed he did become king soon after she died. That endorsement has been accepted as fact for more than four centuries. However, recent analysis of Camden’s original manuscript shows key passages were pasted over and rewritten to burnish James’ legacy. The newly-uncovered pages make clear not only that Elizabeth’s naming of James never happened, but that James, uncertain he would ever gain the British throne, was even suspected of sending an assassin to London to kill the queen. Had all this been known at the time, the English people—bitter enemies with Scotland for centuries—might well not have accepted James as their king, with unimagined ramifications.

Inspired by the revelations over Camden’s manuscript, Borman sheds rare new light on Elizabeth’s historic reign, chronicling it through the lens of the various claimants who, over decades, sought the throne of the only English monarch not to make provision for her successor. The consequences were immense. Not only did James upend Elizabeth’s glittering court, but the illegitimacy of his claim to the throne, which Camden suppressed, found full expression in the catastrophic reign of James’ son and successor, Charles I. His execution in 1649 shocked the world and destroyed the monarchy fewer than 50 years after Elizabeth died, changing the course of British and world history.

Tracy Borman was born on January 1, 1972 in Scothern, Lincolnshire, England. She is Chief Historian of Historic Royal Palaces, Chief Executive of the Heritage Education Trust, and Chancellor and Professor of Tudor History at Lincoln Bishop University. She is the author of many highly acclaimed books, including Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth ICrown and Sceptre; Henry VIII and the Men Who Made HimThe Private Lives of the TudorsThomas Cromwell; Queen of the ConquerorElizabeth’s WomenWitches; as well as the trilogy of novels The King’s WitchThe Devil’s Slave, and The Fallen Angel. Borman is also a regular broadcaster and accomplished public speaker. She was awarded an OBE in the King’s Birthday Honours 2024 for services to heritage.

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Dan Jones – Leeuwenharten

Dan Jones Leeuwenharten recensie en informatie historische roman over Engeland tijdens de middeleeuwen rond 1350. Op 30 oktober 2025 verschijnt bij Uitgeverij Omniboek de Nederlandse vertaling van Lion Hearts, de roman van de Dan Jones, de Britse historicus en romanschrijver. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van het boek, de auteur en over de uitgave.

Dan Jones Leeuwenharten recensie

  • “Een passend slot van deze trilogie: een flinke gezouten, saga waarin vol actie oude vrienden de strijd aangaan.” (The Mail on Sunday)
  • “Een bloederig en betoverend verhaal.” (The Times)
  • “Onvergetelijke personages … Zindert van de energie.” (Simon Sebag Montefiore)

Dan Jones Leeuwenharten

Leeuwenharten

  • Auteur: Dan Jones (Engeland)
  • Soort boek: historische roman over de middeleeuwen
  • Origineel: Lion Hearts (2025)
  • Nederlandse vertaling: Wilma Paalman, Willem van Paassen
  • Uitgever: Omniboek
  • Verschijnt: 30 oktober 2025
  • Omvang: 416 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback / ebook
  • Prijs: € 24,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Boekenwereld / Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van de nieuwe historische roman van Dan Jones

Leeuwenharten is een epische roman over kameraadschap en overleven in een meedogenloze tijd. Met historische precisie en de spanning van een thriller brengt Dan Jones de middeleeuwen ontzettend dichtbij.

Het is 1350. De pest grijpt om zich heen, koninkrijken staan tegenover elkaar en overal dreigt oorlog. Door dit onzekere landschap beweegt zich een groep huurlingen, bekend als de Essex Dogs.

Verspreid over Zuid-Engeland zijn de mannen van de Essex Dogs elkaar uit het oog verloren. De een woont aan het luisterrijke hof van de koning, de ander houdt nauwelijks zijn hoofd boven water, en weer anderen zijn op levensgevaarlijke missie. En dan gebeurt er iets wat de Essex Dogs weer bij elkaar brengt. Ze zullen moeten overleven terwijl de wereld om hen heen in brand staat en hun vriendschap en loyaliteit flink op de proef wordt gesteld. Het gevecht is voor deze mannen nog niet voorbij.

Leeuwenharten is het derde deel van de spannende Crécy trilogie, ook te lezen als standalone.

Dan Jones is geboren op 27 juli 1981 in Reading, Engeland. Hij is een Britse historicus, bestsellerauteur en televisie- en podcastmaker. Hij brak internationaal door met zijn boek over de Tempeliers. Hij is schrijver en presentator van de Netflix-serie Secrets of great British Castles. Zijn populaire podcast heet This is history.

Dan Jones De middeleeuwen recensieDan Jones (Engeland) – De middeleeuwen
Een nieuwe geschiedenis
middeleeuwse geschiedenis
Uitgever: Omniboek
Verschijnt: 1 augustus 2025

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Stonehenge geschiedenisboeken en romans

Stonehenge geschiedenisboeken en romans. Welke nieuwe boeken en romans over Stonehenge verschijnen er? Wat is de inhoud van de geschiedenisboeken en romans? Wie is de auteur, schrijfster of schrijver van het boek? Wanneer verschijnt het boek of de roman over Stonehenge en bij welke uitgeverij?

Stonehenge geschiedenisboeken en romans

Het megalithisch monument Stonehenge uit de Jonge Steentijd dat te vinden is in de buurt van het stadje Amsbury in het graafschap Wiltshire in Engeland, houdt de gemoederen als honderden jaren bezig. Rond 2300 voor Christus is het monument gebouwd. Dat is volgende de nieuwste dateringen zo’n 300 jaar later dan eerder werd aangenomen. Het cirkelvormige monument van rechtopstaande stenen is zonder twijfel een van de beroemdste prehistorische bouwwerken ter wereld. Er doen de wildste speculaties de ronde over hoe het monument gebouwd is en waarvoor het diende. Wat in ieder geval inmiddels wel duidelijk is dat Stonhenge niet in een keer is gebouwd. De oudste resten van paalkuilen die gevonden zijn in de buurt van de parkeerplaats stammen uit ongeveer 8000 v.Chr. en de drie cirkels  van stenen die nu nog gedeeltelijk rechtop staan stammen respectievelijk ongeveer 3100 v.Chr., 3000 v.Chr. en 2600-2400 v.Chr. Na diepgaand onderzoek vermoeden archeologen trouwens dat de stenen van Stonehenge eerder in Wales hebben gestaan. Stonehenge is erkend als Unesco Werelderfgoed sinds 1986.

Welke nieuwe boeken en romans over Stonehenge verschijnen er?

Met regelmaat verschijnen er boeiende nieuwe boeken en romans over Stonehenge of waarin het prehistorische momument een belangrijke rol speelt. Onderstaand overzicht bevat een aantal van deze boeken. Links verwijzen naar uitgebreide informatie over de inhoud van het boek en de auteur. Bovendien kun je via de links boekbesprekingen, reviews, recensies en bestelmogelijkheden van het boek vinden. Naast boeken in het Nederlands wordt er ook aandacht besteed aan Engelstalige uitgaven.

Ken Follett Cirkel der dagen recensieCirkel der dagen

  • Auteur: Ken Follett (Wales)
  • Soort boek: roman over het ontstaan van Stonehenge
  • Origineel: Circle of Days (2025)
  • Nederlandse vertaling: Joost van der Meer, William Oostendorp
  • Uitgever: Boekerij
  • Verschijnt: 23 september 2025
  • Omvang: 560 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook / luisterboek
  • Prijs: € 29.99 / € 14,99 / € 14,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Bol / Libris
  • Inhoud roman: Groot-Brittannië, 25e eeuw v.C. Op een heuvel verrijst een groots bouwwerk: Stonehenge. Ken Follett neemt zijn lezers mee naar het ontstaan van het indrukwekkende Stonehenge Een vuursteendelver met een technische gave, een priesteres die in het onmogelijke gelooft en een monument dat een beschaving zal definiëren…lees verder >

Patricia Southern The Story of Stonehenge reviewThe Story of Stonehenge

  • Auteur: Patricia Southern (Engeland)
  • Soort boek: Engelse geschiedenis, prehistorie
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Amberley Publishing
  • Verschijnt: 15 juli 2025
  • Omvang: 160 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
  • Prijs:  £ 16,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol
  • Inhoud boek: Patricia Southern’s new history considers the conflicting theories around how it was built with such precision and why. Did the stones arrive at Stonehenge by humans, or were they transported there by glaciers long before the first monument was built? Was it a religious centre for unknown rites and ceremonies? Did it function as an observatory for the sun and the moon, a sort of stone calendar to mark the seasons and the appropriate festivals? One thing it never was, a Druid temple…lees verder >

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Afbeelding bovenzijde: Stonehengde (R. Anderson, Unsplash)

Michael R. Bailey – Locomotion No. 1

Michael R. Bailey Locomotion No. 1 review, recensie en informatie boek met het ware verhaal van ’s werelds eerste stoomlocomotief voor publiek passagiersvervoer. Op 18 september 2025 verschijnt bij The History Press in samenwerking met The Railway Museum, het boek over Locomotion No. 1, the True Story of the World’s First Public Service Steam Locomotive. Het boek is geschreven door Michael R. Bailey en Peter H. Davidson.

Michael R. Bailey Locomotion No. 1 review en recensie

Als er in de media een boekbespreking, recensie of review verschijnt van Locomotion No. 1, The True Story of the World’s First Public Service Steam Locomotive, geschreven door Michael R. Bailey en Peter H. Davidson., dan besteden we er op deze pagina aandacht aan.

Michael R. Bailey Locomotion No. 1

Locomotion No. 1

The True Story of the World’s First Public Service Steam Locomotive

  • Auteurs: Michael R. Bailey, Peter H. Davidson (Engeland)
  • Soort boek: spoorweggeschiedenis
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: The History Press
  • Verschijnt: 18 september 2025
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
  • Prijs: £ 25,00 / £ 14,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van het boek over de eerste stoomlocomotief Locomotion No. 1

In 1825 the Stockton & Darlington Railway began operations as the world’s first public railway to be operated by steam. The first train, that opened the railway on the 27th September, was drawn by the locomotive that became known as Locomotion No.1, and from this origin all public railways the world over developed to become the driving force behind economic progress.

The brief history that accompanied the locomotive’s preservation in 1857 was both inadequate and factually incorrect. In anticipation of the railway’s bicentenary a major archival and archaeological study was initiated by the National Railway Museum to establish the true history of the locomotive both in service and during retirement. This is the story revealed by the study.

Michael R. Bailey is a railway historian who has undertaken projects for museums in England, Canada and Denmark. He writes and lectures (and occasionally acts as a TV consultant) and was a consultant to UNESCO regarding the Rhaetian Railway’s application for World Heritage status. He is a member of the Newcomen Society, and was its president 1995 – 1997. He was a Trustee of the Museum of Science & Industry in Manchester and remains president of the museum Friends, and is a vice-president of the Stephenson Locomotive Society.

Peter H. Davidson’s career has been in mechanical engineering, and in design and construction of miniature locomotives. A consultant to the National Railway Museum and other museums in Britain, he has experience with four archaeological and archival studies (with Michael Bailey) of early steam locomotives. He was co-author of Canterbury & Whitstable Railway – Invicta Locomotive (2020), and has written several papers on early railway technology.

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David Woodman – The First King of England

David Woodman The First King of England review, recensie en informatie boek over koning Æthelstan en de geboorte van een koninkrijk. Op 2 september 2025 verschijnt bij Princeton University Press het boek van de Engelse historicus David Woodman over Æthelstan, de eerste Engelse koning. Er is geen Nederlandse vertaling van het boek verkrijgbaar.

David Woodman The First King of England review en recensie

  • “A fascinating, meticulously researched, and vital new study of the man who has the best claim to be the first true king of England. David Woodman takes us as close as we can ever hope to get to the personality of Æthelstan, and in doing so shines a light on an intriguing and formative period in British history.” (Dan Jones)
  • “England’s founding father deserves this book: at once scholarly and accessible, attentive to every last morsel of detail yet possessed of a thrillingly epic sweep. David Woodman has done Æthelstan proud.” (Tom Holland)
  • “A magisterial account not only of England’s first king, but of the kingdom itself. Beautifully written and filled with insights, it sheds new light on Æthelstan, his life, and his times.” (Peter Frankopan)

David Woodman The First King of England

The First King of England

Æthelstan and the Birth of a Kingdom

  • Auteur: David Woodman (Engeland)
  • Soort boek: Engelse geschiedenis, historische biografie
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Princeton University Press
  • Verschijnt: 2 september 2025
  • Omvang: 344 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
  • Prijs: $ 35,00
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van het boek over Æthelstan de eerste koning van Engeland

From one of today’s leading historians of the early medieval period, an enthralling chronicle of Æthelstan, England’s founder king whose achievements of 927 rival the Norman Conquest of 1066 in shaping Britain as we know it.

The First King of England is a foundational biography of Æthelstan (d. 939), the early medieval king whose territorial conquests and shrewd statesmanship united the peoples, languages, and cultures that would come to be known as the “kingdom of the English.” In this panoramic work, David Woodman blends masterful storytelling with the latest scholarship to paint a multifaceted portrait of this immensely important but neglected figure, a man celebrated in his day as much for his benevolence, piety, and love of learning as he was for his ambitious reign.

Set against the backdrop of warring powers in early medieval Europe, the book sheds new light on Æthelstan’s early life, his spectacular military victories and the innovative way he governed his kingdom, his fostering of the church, the deft political alliances he forged with Europe’s royal houses, and his death and enduring legacy. It begins with the reigns of Alfred the Great and Edward the Elder, Æthelstan’s grandfather and father, describing how they consolidated and expanded the “kingdom of the Anglo-Saxons.” But it was Æthelstan who would declare himself the first king of all England when, in 927, he conquered the viking kingdom at York, required the submission of a Scottish king, and secured an annual tribute from the Welsh kings.

Beautifully illustrated and breathtaking in scope, The First King of England is the most comprehensive, up-to-date biography of Æthelstan available, bringing a magisterial richness of detail to the life of a consequential British monarch whose strategic and political sophistication was unprecedented for his time.

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Dickon Whitewood – Stoke Field 1487

Dickon Whitewood Stoke Field 1487 review, recensie en informatie boek over de laatste slag van de War of the Roses in Engeland. Op 28 augustus 2025 verschijnt bij Osprey Publishing het boek van de Britse historicus Dickon Whitewood over de laatste slag tijdens de Rozenoorlogen. Er is geen Nederlandse vertaling van het boek verkrijgbaar.

Dickon Whitewood Stoke Field 1487 review en recensie

Als er in de media een boekbespreking, recensie of review verschijnt van Stoke Field 1487, The Last Battle of the Wars of the Roses, geschreven door Dickon Whitewood, dan besteden we er op deze pagina aandacht aan.

Dickon Whitewood Stoke Field 1487

Stoke Field 1487

The Last Battle of the Wars of the Roses

  • Auteur: Dickon Whitewood (Engeland)
  • Soort boek: Engelse oorlogsgeschiedenis
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Osprey Publishing
  • Verschijnt: 28 augustus 2025
  • Omvang: 98 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback
  • Prijs: £ 16,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van het boek over de laatste War of the Roses

An in-depth look at a critical battle of the Wars of the Roses, which decisively ended the Yorkist cause and ensured the Tudor dominance that followed.

The Battle of Stoke is popularly considered to be the last battle of the Wars of the Roses. Less than two years previously, King Henry VII had been crowned on the battlefield following his victory over Richard III at Bosworth. Henry soon took steps to secure his crown, and made certain to keep control of any potential rivals. Despite these efforts, a plot soon emerged against his rule, which culminated in the crowning of a rival king in Ireland. Launching an invasion of England, the rebels had a number of early successes but failed to secure widespread support for their cause. Moving south, they met the hastily assembled but more numerous army of Henry VII outside the village of East Stoke, four miles south of Newark.

With stunning artwork and detailed maps, this expertly written title offers in-depth coverage of the battle that secured the new Tudor dynasty’s hold on the throne. It is one of the least well documented conflicts of the period, but remains highly interesting and significant, not only as the final decisive action in the bloody Wars of the Roses, but also due to the nature of the soldiers present on the battlefield. This book explores the role these various factions played and how that contributed to the final victory.

Dickon Whitewood has long held a passion for medieval history and the practice of warfare and has an MA in Medieval & Renaissance Studies from University College London. He is currently employed as a Research Assistant on the Norwich Castle: Gateway to Medieval England project and has previously worked at the British Museum, English Heritage and the Museum of the Order of St John.

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Sorcha & Aron Hegarty – Celtic Mythology

Sorcha & Aron Hegarty Celtic Mythology review, recensie en informatie boek over de goden, godinnen en helden van de Kelten. Op 19 augustus 2025 verschijnt bij Adams Media het Engelstalige boek over de Keltische mythologie, geschreven door Sorcha & Aron Hegarty en met illustraties van Anna Stead. Een Nederlandse vertaling van het boek is niet verkrijgbaar.

Sorcha & Aron Hegarty Celtic Mythology review en recensie

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Sorcha Hegarty & Aron Hegarty Celtic Mythology

Celtic Mythology

The Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes Handbook

  • Auteurs: Sorcha Hegarty, Aron Hegarty (Verenigde Staten)
  • Illustraties: Anna Stead
  • Soort boek: Keltische mythologie
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Adams Media
  • Reeks: World Mythology and Folklore Series
  • Verschijnt: 19 augustus 2025
  • Omvang: 256 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook / luisterboek
  • Prijs: $ 16,99 / $ 10,99 / $ 19,99
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Flaptekst van het boek over Keltische mythologie van Sorcha & Aron Hegarty

Discover the gods, goddesses, heroes, and monsters from Celtic mythology with this beautiful book that captures the ancient stories and tales that captivated the Celts.

Prepare to be entertained as you learn about the many myths and legends of the Celtic people. From the storytelling duo behind the Candlelit Tales, this collection weaves together the stories of those heroes, deities, and monsters that make up the mythology.

Drawing together the mythology and tales of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, this book is a comprehensive collection of the fascinating gods, goddesses, heroes, and monsters that make up the compendium of Celtic myths and legends. Celtic Mythology offers an accessible exploration of the rich tapestry of stories and characters that define Celtic culture and have fascinated people for centuries.

Sorcha Hegarty and Aron Hegarty are storytelling siblings with a deep love of Celtic myths and a passion for sharing stories. Based in Ireland, they created Candlelit Tales in 2014 and have grown their storytelling business to include a short tour in North America. With a decade of research and storytelling under their belts, Aron and Sorcha are content experts with an ongoing drive to learn more about the tales they tell. As their fanbase grows, they become even more passionate about sharing their stories with the world.

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