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Carolly Erickson Books in Order

Carolly Erickson has written 28 books, published between 1971 and 2013. The first book is The Records of Medieval Europe (1971) and the newest is The Spanish Queen (2013). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
28
Published
1971–2013
Pages on record
7,641 in 21 of 28 books
Reading time
127–191 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,641 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 21 of 28 titles with a page count on record.

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Carolly Erickson wrote history and historical fiction, from The Records of Medieval Europe (1971) to The Spanish Queen (2013). An American author born 1 January 1943 and died 11 November 2020, Erickson took the RT Reader's Choice Award for best Historical Fiction in 2008 for The Tsarina's Daughter. English royalty supplies most of the subject matter: Bloody Mary (1978), Great Harry (1980), The First Elizabeth (1983) and Mistress Anne (1984) all treat the Tudors, with Josephine and Royal Panoply, both 1980, beside them. The catalogue holds 28 books at a median of 368 pages.

How many Carolly Erickson books are there?

Carolly Erickson has 28 books, released between 1971 and 2013.

Carolly Erickson Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 28 Carolly Erickson 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. Cover of The Medieval Vision by Carolly Erickson (1976)
  2. Cover of Bloody Mary by Carolly Erickson (1978)
  3. Cover of Josephine by Carolly Erickson (1980)
  4. Cover of Royal Panoply by Carolly Erickson (1980)
  5. Cover of Great Harry by Carolly Erickson (1980)
  6. Cover of The First Elizabeth by Carolly Erickson (1983)
  7. Cover of Bonnie Prince Charlie by Carolly Erickson (1989)
  8. Cover of To the Scaffold by Carolly Erickson (1991)
  9. Cover of Great Catherine by Carolly Erickson (1994)
  10. Cover of Her Little Majesty by Carolly Erickson (1997)
  11. Cover of Arc of the Arrow by Carolly Erickson (1998)
  12. Cover of Alexandra by Carolly Erickson (2000)
  13. Cover of Lilibet by Carolly Erickson (2004)
  14. Cover of The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette by Carolly Erickson (2005)
  15. Cover of The Last Wife of Henry VIII by Carolly Erickson (2006)
  16. Cover of The Secret Life of Josephine by Carolly Erickson (2007)
  17. Cover of The Tsarina's Daughter by Carolly Erickson (2008)
  18. Cover of The Memoirs of Mary Queen of Scots / Mary Queen of Scots by Carolly Erickson (2009)
  19. Cover of The Spanish Queen by Carolly Erickson (2013)
  1. 1
    The Records of Medieval Europe1971 · confirmed 2/4
    1971–
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  2. 2
    The Medieval Vision1976 · confirmed 2/4
    1976–
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  3. 3
    Civilization and Society in the West1978 · 558 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1978558
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  4. 4
    Bloody Mary1978 · confirmed 2/4
    1978–
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  5. 5
    Josephine1980 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1980400
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  6. 6
    Royal Panoply1980 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1980368
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  7. 7
    Great Harry1980 · 428 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1980428
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  8. 8
    The First Elizabeth1983 · 447 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1983447
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  9. 9
    Mistress Anne / Anne Boleyn1984 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984304
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  10. 10
    Our Tempestuous Day1986 · confirmed 2/4
    1986–
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  11. 11
    Bonnie Prince Charlie1989 · confirmed 2/4
    1989–
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  12. 12
    To the Scaffold1991 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991384
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  13. 13
    Great Catherine1994 · 392 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994392
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  14. 14
    Her Little Majesty1997 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997304
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  15. 15
    Arc of the Arrow1998 · 138 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998138
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  16. 16
    Alexandra2000 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000384
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  17. 17
    Lilibet2004 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004384
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  18. 18
    The Girl from Botany Bay2004 · confirmed 2/4
    2004–
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  19. 19
    The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette2005 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005368
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  20. 20
    The Last Wife of Henry VIII2006 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006336
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  21. 21
    The Secret Life of Josephine2007 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007352
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  22. 22
    Brief Lives of the English Monarchs2007 · 464 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007464
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  23. 23
    The Tsarina's Daughter2008 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008352
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  24. 24
    The Memoirs of Mary Queen of Scots / Mary Queen of Scots2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  25. 25
    Rival to the Queen2010 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010336
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  26. 26
    The Favored Queen2011 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011320
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  27. 27
    The Unfaithful Queen2011 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011320
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  28. 28
    The Spanish Queen2013 · 302 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013302
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Carolly Erickson 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.

Standalone books

28 books

28 Carolly Erickson titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Carolly Erickson books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 28 Carolly Erickson books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Carolly Erickson

Start with The Records of Medieval Europe (1971), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Carolly Erickson book?

The Spanish Queen (2013) is the newest Carolly Erickson book released so far.

Is there a new Carolly Erickson book coming?

No next Carolly Erickson book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Carolly Erickson at a glance

Died
Carolly Erickson died in 2020, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Carolly Erickson on record dates from 2013.
Release pace
Carolly Erickson books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
7,641 pages across the 21 of 28 books with a recorded length, a median of 368 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Carolly Erickson books, 9 of 28, were published in the 2000s.

What the Carolly Erickson books are about

25 of the 28 Carolly Erickson books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history is tagged on 12 of 25. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.