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Thomas B. Costain Books in Order

19 books are credited to Thomas B. Costain, published between 1942 and 2022; 1 of them appeared after Thomas B. Costain's death in 1965. The first book is For My Great Folly (1942) and the newest is The Conquerors (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
19
Published
1942–2022
Pages on record
2,691 in 7 of 19 books
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Thomas B. Costain (1885-1965) was a Canadian-American journalist who turned to historical novels at 57 and became a best-selling author. For My Great Folly (1942) opens a catalogue of 19 titles, followed by Ride With Me (1944), The Black Rose (1945), High Towers (1947), The Moneyman (1947), Son of a Hundred Kings (1950) and The Silver Chalice (1952). A Canadian History sequence sits alongside the fiction, and The Conquering Family (1949), The Magnificent Century (1949) and The White and the Gold (1954) belong to the non-fiction. The Plantagenets of 1154 to 1399, Henry II of England, and French discovery and exploration run through the subjects.

How many Thomas B. Costain books are there?

Thomas B. Costain has 19 books, released between 1942 and 2022. 1 of them were published after Thomas B. Costain's death in 1965. They include 2 series and 14 titles listed outside any series.

Thomas B. Costain Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 19 Thomas B. Costain 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 High Towers by Thomas B. Costain (1947)
  2. Cover of Son of a Hundred Kings by Thomas B. Costain (1950)
  3. Cover of The Three Edwards by Thomas B. Costain, book 3 of the Plantagenets series (1958)
  4. Cover of William the Conqueror by Thomas B. Costain (1959)
  1. 1
    For My Great Folly1942 · confirmed 1/4
    1942–
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  2. 2
    Ride With Me1944 · confirmed 1/4
    1944–
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  3. 3
    The Black Rose1945 · confirmed 1/4
    1945–
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  4. 4
    High Towers1947 · 371 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1947371
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  5. 5
    The Moneyman1947 · confirmed 1/4
    1947–
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  6. 6
    The Conquering FamilyPlantagenets #11949 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1949352
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  7. 7
    The Magnificent CenturyPlantagenets #21949 · 383 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1949383
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  8. 8
    Son of a Hundred Kings1950 · confirmed 1/4
    1950–
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  9. 9
    The Silver Chalice1952 · confirmed 1/4
    1952–
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  10. 10
    The White and the GoldCanadian History #11954 · confirmed 1/4
    1954–
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  11. 11
    The Tontine1955 · confirmed 1/4
    1955–
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  12. 12
    Below the Salt1957 · confirmed 1/4
    1957–
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  13. 13
    The Three EdwardsPlantagenets #31958 · 480 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1958480
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  14. 14
    William the Conqueror1959 · 180 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1959180
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  15. 15
    The Darkness and the Dawn1959 · 478 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1959478
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  16. 16
    The Last PlantagenetsPlantagenets #41962 · 447 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1962447
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  17. 17
    The Chord of Steel1963 · confirmed 1/4
    1963–
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  18. 18
    The Last Love1963 · confirmed 1/4
    1963–
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  19. 19
    The Conquerors2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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Thomas B. Costain 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.

Plantagenets in order

4 books
  1. 1. The Conquering Family
  2. 2. The Magnificent Century
  3. 3. The Three Edwards
  4. 4. The Last Plantagenets

Canadian History in order

1 book
  1. 1. The White and the Gold

Standalone books

14 books

14 Thomas B. Costain titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Thomas B. Costain books in order?

You only need to read Thomas B. Costain books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Thomas B. Costain

Start with For My Great Folly (1942), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Thomas B. Costain book?

The Conquerors (2022) is the newest Thomas B. Costain book released so far.

Is there a new Thomas B. Costain book coming?

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

Thomas B. Costain at a glance

Died
Thomas B. Costain died in 1965, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Thomas B. Costain are still being published after Thomas B. Costain's death in 1965; the newest appeared in 2022.
Release pace
Thomas B. Costain books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Length
2,691 pages across the 7 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 383 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Thomas B. Costain books, 8 of 19, were published in the 1950s.

What the Thomas B. Costain books are about

6 of the 19 Thomas B. Costain 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 5 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • History 5 of 6 books