Andrew Roberts Books in Order
Andrew Roberts has written 30 books, published between 1991 and 2026. The first book is 'The Holy Fox': The Life of Lord Halifax (1991) and the newest is Napoleon and His Marshals (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 30
- Published
- 1991–2026
- Pages on record
- 10,230 in 21 of 30 books
- Reading time
- 171–256 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 10,230 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 21 of 30 titles with a page count on record.
Andrew Roberts, Baron Roberts of Belgravia, born 13 January 1963, is an English popular historian and journalist whose research concentrates on English-speaking nations, particularly those socially tied to the United Kingdom. Roberts holds the Bonnie and Tom McCloskey Visiting Research Fellowship at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and a Lehrman Institute Distinguished Lectureship at the New York Historical Society, and was a trustee of the National Portrait Gallery in London from 2013 to 2021. The catalogue lists 30 titles, from 'The Holy Fox': The Life of Lord Halifax (1991) through Salisbury: Victorian Titan (2000), Napoleon and Wellington: The Long Duel (2001) and Waterloo: June 18, 1815 (2005) to Napoleon and His Marshals in 2026. Subjects name biography, military history, Winston Churchill, the Second World War and the Napoleonic wars.
How many Andrew Roberts books are there?
Andrew Roberts has 30 books, released between 1991 and 2026. 1 of them belong to the Holy Habits series.
Andrew Roberts Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 30 Andrew Roberts books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1'The Holy Fox': The Life of Lord Halifax1991 · 360 pages · confirmed 1/419913601/4
- 2The Aachen Memorandum1995 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/419953521/4
- 3Eminent Churchillians1995 · 354 pages · confirmed 1/419953541/4
- 4Churchill: Embattled Hero1995 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/41995641/4
- 5Salisbury: Victorian Titan2000 · 938 pages · confirmed 1/420009381/4
- 6Napoleon and Wellington: The Long Duel2001 · 410 pages · confirmed 1/420014101/4
- 7The Secret History of PWE: The Political Warfare Executive 1939-19452002 · 496 pages · confirmed 1/420024961/4
- 8Hitler and Churchill. Secrets of Leadership2003 · 202 pages · confirmed 1/420032021/4
- 9What Might Have Been2004 · 188 pages · confirmed 1/420041881/4
- 10Waterloo: June 18, 1815: The Battle For Modern Europe2005 · 143 pages · confirmed 1/420051431/4
- 11A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Since 19002006 · 752 pages · confirmed 1/420067521/4
- 12Masters and Commanders: How Four Titans Won the War in the West, 1941-19452008 · 736 pages · confirmed 1/420087361/4
- 13The Art Of War: Great Commanders Of The Modern World Since 16002008 · 447 pages · confirmed 1/420084471/4
- 14The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War2011 · 800 pages · confirmed 1/420118001/4
- 15The Great Commanders of the Early Modern World 1567-18652011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 16Love, Tommy: War Letters from the Frontline 1914-20102012 · 255 pages · confirmed 1/420122551/4
- 17Letters from the Front: From the First World War to the Present Day2014 · 312 pages · confirmed 1/420143121/4
- 18The Modern Swastika: Fighting Today's anti-Semitism2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 19Napoleon: A Life / Napoleon the Great2014 · 926 pages · confirmed 1/420149261/4
- 20Elegy: The First Day on the Somme2015 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/420153201/4
- 21Churchill: Walking with Destiny2018 · 1152 pages · confirmed 1/4201811521/4
- 22The Double Act: A History of British Comedy Duos2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 23Leadership in War: Essential Lessons from Those Who Made History2019 · 239 pages · confirmed 1/420192391/4
- 242020–1/4
- 25The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III2021 · 784 pages · confirmed 1/420217841/4
- 26Privacy in the Republic2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 27The Chief2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 28George III2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 29Conflict2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
- 30Napoleon and His Marshals2026 · confirmed 1/42026–1/4
Andrew Roberts books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Holy Habits in order
1 bookStandalone books
29 books29 Andrew Roberts titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Andrew Roberts books in order?
You only need to read Andrew Roberts books in order within the Holy Habits series, which holds 1 of the 30 Andrew Roberts books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Andrew Roberts
Start with 'The Holy Fox': The Life of Lord Halifax (1991), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Andrew Roberts book?
Napoleon and His Marshals (2026) is the newest Andrew Roberts book released so far.
Is there a new Andrew Roberts book coming?
No next Andrew Roberts book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Awards Andrew Roberts has won
Wikidata records 1 award for Andrew Roberts. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Elizabeth Longford Prize2022Won
Andrew Roberts at a glance
- Still publishing
- Andrew Roberts published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Andrew Roberts books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 10,230 pages across the 21 of 30 books with a recorded length, a median of 360 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Andrew Roberts books, 10 of 30, were published in the 2010s.
What the Andrew Roberts books are about
22 of the 30 Andrew Roberts books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: biography is tagged on 8 of 22. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Biography 8 of 22 books
- History 8 of 22 books
- Military history 5 of 22 books
- Politics and government 5 of 22 books
- Churchill, winston, 1874-1965 4 of 22 books
- Leadership 4 of 22 books
- World War, 1939-1945 4 of 22 books
- Command of troops 3 of 22 books
- Military biography 3 of 22 books
- Politicians 3 of 22 books
- Statesmen 3 of 22 books
- Statesmen, great britain 3 of 22 books