Lucy Worsley Books in Order
Lucy Worsley has written 20 books, published between 1998 and 2026. The first book is Hardwick Old Hall (1998) and the newest is Queens and Kings (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 20
- Published
- 1998–2026
- Pages on record
- 4,137 in 14 of 20 books
- Reading time
- 69–103 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,137 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 20 titles with a page count on record.
Lucy Worsley is an English historian who writes about British royal history, palaces and domestic life. Twenty books are catalogued from 1998 to 2026, beginning with guides to Hardwick Old Hall (1998), Bolsover Castle (2001) and Hampton Court Palace (2005), then Cavalier (2007), Courtiers (2010) on the Georgian court at Kensington Palace, If Walls Could Talk (2011) and A Very British Murder (2013). Kings, queens, biography and social history run through the subjects, with children's titles among them, and Queens and Kings (2026) is the newest. Worsley was joint chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces from 2003 to 2024, presents history series for BBC Television and Channel 5, and was born in 1973.
How many Lucy Worsley books are there?
Lucy Worsley has 20 books, released between 1998 and 2026.
Lucy Worsley Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 20 Lucy Worsley 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.
- 1Hardwick Old Hall1998 · 36 pages · confirmed 1/41998361/4
- 2Bolsover Castle2001 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/42001401/4
- 3Hampton Court Palace2005 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/420051281/4
- 4The Story of Hampton Court Palace2005 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/420051601/4
- 5Cavalier2007 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/420073521/4
- 6The Courtiers: Splendor and Intrigue in the Georgian Court at Kensington Palace2010 · 432 pages · confirmed 1/420104321/4
- 7Courtiers: The Secret History of Georgian Court2010 · 432 pages · confirmed 1/420104321/4
- 8If Walls Could Talk2011 · 351 pages · confirmed 1/420113511/4
- 9The Art of the English Murder2013 · 312 pages · confirmed 1/420133121/4
- 10A Very British Murder: The Story of a National Obsession2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 11Eliza Rose2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 12Maid of the King’s Court2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 13My Name Is Victoria2017 · 371 pages · confirmed 1/420173711/4
- 14Jane Austen at Home2017 · 387 pages · confirmed 1/420173871/4
- 15Lady Mary2018 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/420183841/4
- 16Queen Victoria2018 · 432 pages · confirmed 1/420184321/4
- 17The Austen Girls2020 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/420203201/4
- 18Encounters with Victoria2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 19Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 20Queens and Kings2026 · confirmed 1/42026–1/4
Lucy Worsley 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
20 books20 Lucy Worsley titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Lucy Worsley books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 20 Lucy Worsley books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Lucy Worsley
Start with Hardwick Old Hall (1998), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Lucy Worsley book?
Queens and Kings (2026) is the newest Lucy Worsley book released so far.
Is there a new Lucy Worsley book coming?
No next Lucy Worsley book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Lucy Worsley at a glance
- Still publishing
- Lucy Worsley published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Lucy Worsley books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 4,137 pages across the 14 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 352 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Lucy Worsley books, 11 of 20, were published in the 2010s.
What the Lucy Worsley books are about
14 of the 20 Lucy Worsley 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 8 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- History 8 of 14 books
- Children's fiction 4 of 14 books
- Great Britain, history 4 of 14 books
- Biography 3 of 14 books
- Great britain, kings and rulers 3 of 14 books
- Kings and rulers 3 of 14 books
- Crime in literature 2 of 14 books
- Great britain, court and courtiers 2 of 14 books
- Homes and haunts 2 of 14 books
- Kensington Palace (London, England) 2 of 14 books
- Nobility, great britain 2 of 14 books
- Palaces 2 of 14 books