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Ruth Dudley Edwards Books in Order

Ruth Dudley Edwards has written 24 books, published between 1973 and 2016. The first book is An Atlas of Irish History (1973) and the newest is The Seven (2016). Publication order is the reading order below. 12 of the 24 books listed here are in the Robert Amiss series, which has its own page: Robert Amiss books in order.

Books
24
Published
1973–2016
Pages on record
6,040 in 18 of 24 books
Reading time
101–151 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,040 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 18 of 24 titles with a page count on record.

See all 24 books in order Printable Ruth Dudley Edwards checklist

History, biography and crime fiction make up the work of Ruth Dudley Edwards, a Dublin-born historian who has lived in England since 1965. Born on 24 May 1944, Edwards calls herself British-Irish, and her revisionist view of Irish history has drawn controversy. Edwards has written columns for the Sunday Independent, the Daily Telegraph, the Sunday Telegraph and The News Letter. Her 24 books start with An Atlas of Irish History (1973) and include titles on James Connolly and Patrick Pearse. Edwards also writes the humorous Robert Amiss mysteries, with murder and the civil service among their subjects.

How many Ruth Dudley Edwards books are there?

Ruth Dudley Edwards has 24 books, released between 1973 and 2016. 12 of them belong to the Robert Amiss series.

Ruth Dudley Edwards Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 24 Ruth Dudley Edwards 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 An Atlas of Irish History by Ruth Dudley Edwards (1973)
  2. Cover of Daniel O'Connell and His World by Ruth Dudley Edwards (1975)
  3. Cover of James Connolly by Ruth Dudley Edwards (1981)
  4. Cover of Corridors of Death by Ruth Dudley Edwards, book 1 of the Robert Amiss series (1982)
  5. Cover of The Saint Valentine's Day Murders by Ruth Dudley Edwards, book 2 of the Robert Amiss series (1984)
  6. Cover of Victor Gollancz by Ruth Dudley Edwards (1987)
  7. Cover of The English School of Murder by Ruth Dudley Edwards, book 3 of the Robert Amiss series (1990)
  8. Cover of Clubbed to Death by Ruth Dudley Edwards, book 4 of the Robert Amiss series (1992)
  9. Cover of The Pursuit of Reason by Ruth Dudley Edwards (1993)
  10. Cover of Matricide at St. Martha's by Ruth Dudley Edwards, book 5 of the Robert Amiss series (1995)
  11. Cover of Murder in a Cathedral by Ruth Dudley Edwards, book 7 of the Robert Amiss series (1997)
  12. Cover of The Faithful Tribe by Ruth Dudley Edwards (1999)
  13. Cover of The Anglo-Irish Murders by Ruth Dudley Edwards, book 9 of the Robert Amiss series (2000)
  14. Cover of Newspapermen by Ruth Dudley Edwards (2003)
  15. Cover of Murdering Americans by Ruth Dudley Edwards, book 11 of the Robert Amiss series (2007)
  16. Cover of Killing the Emperors by Ruth Dudley Edwards, book 12 of the Robert Amiss series (2012)
  17. Cover of The Seven by Ruth Dudley Edwards (2016)
  1. 1
    An Atlas of Irish History1973 · 299 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1973299
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  2. 2
    Daniel O'Connell and His World1975 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975112
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  3. 3
    James Connolly1981 · 146 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1981146
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  4. 4
    Corridors of DeathRobert Amiss #11982 · 229 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1982229
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  5. 5
    The Saint Valentine's Day MurdersRobert Amiss #21984 · 181 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984181
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  6. 6
    Harold Macmillan1985 · confirmed 1/4
    1985–
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  7. 7
    Victor Gollancz1987 · 782 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1987782
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  8. 8
    The English School of MurderRobert Amiss #31990 · 211 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1990211
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  9. 9
    Patrick Pearse1990 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1990384
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  10. 10
    Clubbed to DeathRobert Amiss #41992 · 216 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992216
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  11. 11
    The Pursuit of Reason1993 · 1020 pages · confirmed 1/4
    19931020
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  12. 12
    True Brits1994 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994256
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  13. 13
    Matricide at St. Martha'sRobert Amiss #51995 · 242 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995242
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  14. 14
    Ten Lords A-LeapingRobert Amiss #61996 · confirmed 1/4
    1996–
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  15. 15
    Murder in a CathedralRobert Amiss #71997 · 232 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997232
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  16. 16
    Publish and Be MurderedRobert Amiss #81999 · confirmed 1/4
    1999–
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  17. 17
    The Faithful Tribe1999 · 448 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999448
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  18. 18
    The Anglo-Irish MurdersRobert Amiss #92000 · 234 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000234
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  19. 19
    Newspapermen2003 · 496 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003496
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  20. 20
    Carnage on the CommitteeRobert Amiss #102004 · confirmed 1/4
    2004–
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  21. 21
    Murdering AmericansRobert Amiss #112007 · 248 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007248
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  22. 22
    Aftermath2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  23. 23
    Killing the EmperorsRobert Amiss #122012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  24. 24
    The Seven2016 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016304
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Ruth Dudley Edwards series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Ruth Dudley Edwards 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

12 books

12 Ruth Dudley Edwards titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Ruth Dudley Edwards books in order?

You only need to read Ruth Dudley Edwards books in order within the Robert Amiss series, which holds 12 of the 24 Ruth Dudley Edwards books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Ruth Dudley Edwards

Start with Corridors of Death (1982), the first Robert Amiss book. The earliest catalogued title overall is An Atlas of Irish History (1973).

What is the newest Ruth Dudley Edwards book?

The Seven (2016) is the newest Ruth Dudley Edwards book released so far.

Is there a new Ruth Dudley Edwards book coming?

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

Ruth Dudley Edwards at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Ruth Dudley Edwards title on record dates from 2016, 10 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Ruth Dudley Edwards books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
6,040 pages across the 18 of 24 books with a recorded length, a median of 245 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Ruth Dudley Edwards books, 10 of 24, were published in the 1990s.

What the Ruth Dudley Edwards books are about

22 of the 24 Ruth Dudley Edwards books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: amiss, robert (fictitious character) is tagged on 8 of 22. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.