- The once and future king, T.H. White
- Alexander the Great and his empire, a short introduction, Pierre Briant ; translated by Amélie Kuhrt
- Chronicle of the Russian tsars, the reign-by-reign record of the rulers of imperial Russia, David Warnes ; with 229 illustrations, 100 in colour
- Charlemagne, father of a continent, Alessandro Barbero ; translated by Allan Cameron
- King Lear, Laurence Olivier presents ; by William Shakespeare ; directed by Michael Elliott ; executive producer, David Plowright ; Granada Television
- Henry VIII,, by J.J. Scarisbrick
- The sword in the stone, by T.H. White ; with decorations by the author and end papers by Robert Lawson
- The triumph of empire, the Roman world from Hadrian to Constantine, Michael Kulikowski
- Dracula, prince of many faces, his life and his times, Radu R. Florescu, Raymond T. McNally
- The woman who would be king, Kara Cooney
- The private lives of the Tudors, uncovering the secrets of Britain's greatest dynasty, Tracy Borman
- China's first emperor and his terracotta warriors, Frances Wood
- The first Bourbon, Henri IV, King of France and Navarre, Desmond Seward
- William the Conqueror, the Norman impact upon England, David C. Douglas
- Khubilai Khan, his life and times, Morris Rossabi
- God knows, Joseph Heller
- Egypt's golden empire, an Empires special ; a Lion Television production in association with PBS and Devillier Donegan Enterprises
- In search of Dracula, the history of Dracula and vampires, Raymond T. McNally and Radu Florescu
- The great nation, France from Louis XV to Napoleon 1715-99, Colin Jones
- Edward II, Seymour Phillips
- Catherine the Great, portrait of a woman, Robert K. Massie
- Napoleon Bonaparte, Alan Schom
- Ashoka, the search for India's lost emperor, Charles Allen
- Henry VIII, the king and his court, Alison Weir
- The reluctant king, the life & reign of George VI, 1895-1952, Sarah Bradford
- Queen Elizabeth II
- Tyrant, by David Sington and David Starkey
- Pharaoh, king of ancient Egypt, Marie Vandenbeusch ; Aude Semat ; Margaret Maitland
- Icons of power
- A great and terrible king, Edward I and the forging of Britain, Marc Morris
- The reign of King John, by Sidney Painter
- Cleopatra, a biography, Duane W. Roller
- The tragedy of King Lear, edited by Jay L. Halio
- She-wolves, the women who ruled England before Elizabeth, Helen Castor
- The power of kings, monarchy and religion in Europe, 1589-1715, Paul Kléber Monod
- The Queen Mum
- The once and future king, T.H. White
- The Plantagenets, the warrior kings and queens who made England, Dan Jones
- The tragedy of King Lear, by William Shakespeare ; edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine
- By the spear, Philip II, Alexander the Great, and the rise and fall of the Macedonian empire, Ian Worthington
- The fall of the dynasties, the collapse of the old order, 1905-1922, Edmond Taylor
- Napoleon, Soldier of Destiny, Michael Broers
- A man for all seasons, Columbia [presents] Fred Zinnemann's film of ; screenplay by Robert Bolt ; produced and directed by Fred Zinnemann
- The three Richards, Richard I, Richard II and Richard III, Nigel Saul
- The Romanovs, ruling Russia, 1613-1917, Lindsey Hughes
- The enchantress of Florence, a novel, Salman Rushdie
- The life of Charlemagne, by Einhard; with a foreword by Sidney Painter. [Translated by Samuel Epes Turner.]
- King John, and the road to Magna Carta, Stephen Church
- The Oxford illustrated history of the British monarchy, John Cannon and Ralph Griffiths
- The rise and fall of Arab presidents for life, Roger Owen