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.
Nieuwsbrief boekentips en recensies
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.
First 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 >
A 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
- Order book from: Amazon / Bol
- 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 >
Scotland’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 >
Downing 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 >
Dianarama
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 >
Northumbria’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
- Order book from: Amazon / Bol
- 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 >
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
- 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 >
Richard 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 >
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
- 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 >
The 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
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 >
Cirkel 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 >
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
- 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 >
Red 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 >
Verdeeld 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 >
The 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 >
The 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 >
Charles 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 >
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
- 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 >
A 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 >
Quirky 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 >
Magic 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 >
Henry’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 >
Entitled
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 >
Measuring 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 >
North 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 >
The 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 >
The 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
Auteur: 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 >
Bijpassende boeken en informatie
Afbeelding bovenzijde: Big Ben, Londen, Engeland (T. Athawes, Unsplash)
