The Secret State: Preparing For The Worst 1945 - 2010

The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses and the Rise of the Tudors

Having it So Good: Britain in the Fifties

Elizabeth: An intimate portrait from the writer who knew her and her family for over fifty years

Winds of Change: Britain in the Early Sixties

The Six Wives of Henry VIII: Find out the truth about Henry VIII’s wives

Distilling the Frenzy: Writing the History of One's Own Timed

The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain 1649-1815

A Duty of Care: Britain Before and After Covid

Courtiers: The Sunday Times bestselling inside story of the power behind the crown

Establishment and Meritocracy

The Safeguard of the Sea: A Naval History of Britain 660-1649

The Kingdom to Come: Thoughts on the Union before and after the Scottish Independence Referendum

Traitors of the Tower

On the Back of an Envelope: A Life in Writing

Thomas Becket: Warrior, Priest, Rebel, Victim: A 900-Year-Old Story Retold

Land of Shame and Glory: Britain 2021–22

The Shankill Butchers: A Case Study of Mass Murder

Endurance: Shackleton's Extraordinary Voyage

Royal Pains: A Rogues' Gallery of Brats, Brutes, and Bad Seeds