What to Read After Monarchy
Readers who loved Monarchy by David Starkey keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Monarchy is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after Monarchy
Winter King
The Making of Modern Britain
A History of Modern Britain
Britain's royal families
The princes in the tower
Red Carpets and Other Banana Skins
A history of Britain
The Duchess of Windsor
The Oxford illustrated history of the British monarchy
An utterly impartial history of Britain
Richard III and the Princes in the Tower
Elizabeth I and Her Circle
Elizabeth
The children of Henry VIII
The lady in the tower
The Gunpowder Plot
Jane Boleyn
The Borgias and their enemies
The greatest knight
Elizabeth and Mary
The scarlet lion
Katherine Swynford
She-Wolves
The life of Elizabeth I