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ⓘ About Kate Williams
“England’s Mistress: the Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton” was a Book of the Year in the Independent and the Times. It was shortlist for the Marsh Prize in the Biography category. Kate reviews history books for BBC History Magazine and History Today and fiction for Mslexia and the Financial Times. She also pens comment and feature pieces for different magazines and newspapers, including BBC History, the Daily Telegraph, the Spectator, the Sunday Telegraph, Time Out, and History Today. She writes the “De Witt Family” series of novels and her work is from the historical genre. Her debut novel was released in the year 2014, and was called “The Pleasures of Men”. “The Pleasures of Men” is the first stand alone novel and was released in the year 2012. The year is 1840, in Spitalfields.
All Book Series by Kate Williams
The House of Shadows / Into the Darkness
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2018
The Ring and the Crown
Book 3 of 10 · published 2011 Co-authored · Alison Weir,Sarah Gristwood,Tracy Borman
Rival Queens / The Betrayal of Mary, Queen of Scots
Book 9 of 10 · published 2018
The Royal Palaces
Latest in the series · book 10 of 10 · published 2024 Co-authored · James Oses
Hearing Voices: The Litro Anthology of New Fiction
Single-title series · published 2015
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Kate Williams?
“England's Mistress: the Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton” was a Book of the Year in the Independent and the Times. It was shortlist for the Marsh Prize in the Biography category. Kate reviews history books for BBC History Magazine and History Today and fiction for Mslexia and the Financial Times.
Which Kate Williams series should I start with?
The best place to start is The De Witt Family series, the earliest of Kate Williams's multi-book series: it opens with The Storms of War (2014) and runs to 3 books across 2014–2018, ending with The House of Shadows / Into the Darkness (2018).
How many books has Kate Williams written?
Kate Williams has 16 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2005 and 2026. 3 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being The De Witt Family series with 3 books — and 13 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Kate Williams's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Kate Williams's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are The De Witt Family (2014–2018, 3 books).
How are Kate Williams's books organised into series?
This guide splits Kate Williams's 16 books into 1 named series and 13 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: The De Witt Family (3 books, 2014–2018).