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ⓘ About Andrew Roberts
Andrew was a prolific reader during his childhood, and quickly gained a passion for history, especially for dramatic works relating to “storytelling, personality, wars, battles, death, and assassinations”. He took a first class honors BA degree in Modern History at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge from where he’s an honorary senior scholar and a Doctor of Philosophy PhD. Andrew attended Cranleigh School in Surrey. He studied at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and went on to chair the Cambridge University Conservative Association. While in the senior school, he got bullied and took refuge in the library where he first embraced Trotskyism, and later Thatcherism. He has never once abandoned the latter.
All Book Series by Andrew Roberts
'The Holy Fox': The Life of Lord Halifax
Series opener · book 1 of 29 · published 1991
The Secret History of PWE: The Political Warfare Executive 1939-1945
Book 7 of 29 · published 2002 Co-authored · David Garnett
Waterloo: June 18, 1815: The Battle For Modern Europe
Book 10 of 29 · published 2005
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Since 1900
Book 11 of 29 · published 2006
Masters and Commanders: How Four Titans Won the War in the West, 1941-1945
Book 12 of 29 · published 2008
The Art Of War: Great Commanders Of The Modern World Since 1600
Book 13 of 29 · published 2008
The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War
Book 14 of 29 · published 2011
The Great Commanders of the Early Modern World 1567-1865
Book 15 of 29 · published 2011
Love, Tommy: War Letters from the Frontline 1914-2010
Book 16 of 29 · published 2012
Letters from the Front: From the First World War to the Present Day
Book 17 of 29 · published 2014
The Modern Swastika: Fighting Today's anti-Semitism
Book 18 of 29 · published 2014
The Double Act: A History of British Comedy Duos
Book 22 of 29 · published 2018
Leadership in War: Essential Lessons from Those Who Made History
Book 23 of 29 · published 2019
The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III
Book 24 of 29 · published 2021
Napoleon and His Marshals
Latest in the series · book 29 of 29 · published 2026
The Stuarts
Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 2000 Anthology · Maurice Percy Ashley
The Houses of Hanover and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Book 4 of 5 · published 2000 Anthology · Antonia Fraser
The House of Windsor
Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2000 Co-authored · Antonia Fraser
What If? 2: Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been
Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 2000
The Great Commanders of the Medieval World, 454-1582
Book 2 of 5 · published 2008
Great Commanders of the Ancient World, 1479BC - 453AD
Book 3 of 5 · published 2008
Great Commanders of the Modern World, 1866-Present Day
Book 4 of 5 · published 2009
Never Surrender: The Second World War
Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2023
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Andrew Roberts?
Andrew was a prolific reader during his childhood, and quickly gained a passion for history, especially for dramatic works relating to “storytelling, personality, wars, battles, death, and assassinations”. He took a first class honors BA degree in Modern History at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge from where he’s an honorary senior scholar and a Doctor of Philosophy PhD. Andrew attended Cranleigh School in Surrey.
Which Andrew Roberts series should I start with?
The best place to start is the A Royal History of England series, the earliest of Andrew Roberts's multi-book series: it opens with The Stuarts (2000) and runs to 5 books across 2000, ending with The House of Windsor (2000).
How many books has Andrew Roberts written?
Andrew Roberts has 40 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1991 and 2026. 6 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the A Royal History of England series with 5 books — and 34 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Andrew Roberts's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Andrew Roberts's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are A Royal History of England (2000, 5 books) and Holy Habits (2020, 1 book).
How are Andrew Roberts's books organised into series?
This guide splits Andrew Roberts's 40 books into 2 named series and 34 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: A Royal History of England (5 books, 2000); Holy Habits (1 book, 2020).