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Books By Stephen Bates - Author

Stephen Bates read Modern History at New College, Oxford before working as a journalist for the BBC, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail and, for 22 years, the Guardian, successively there as a political correspondent, European Affairs Editor in Brussels and religious and royal correspondent. A regular broadcaster, he has also written for the Spectator, New Statesman, Time magazine, Literary Review, Tablet and BBC History Magazine, Le Monde and Berliner Zeitung. He is married with three adult children and lives in Kent.

Author's Website: https://www.stephenbateswriter.com/

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A Very Oxford Scandal

Stephen Bates

Hardback

Pre-order. 30th January 2026

£22.50 £25.00

Shortest History of the Crown

Bates and 1 more

Ebook (Epub)

Digital. Available Immediately. Country restrictions apply.

£13.95

The Poisonous Solicitor

Stephen Bates

Paperback

In Stock

£10.79 £11.99

The Shortest History of the Crown

Stephen Bates

Hardback

In Stock

£11.69 £12.99

Poisonous Solicitor

Bates and 1 more

Ebook (Epub)

Digital. Available Immediately. Country restrictions apply.

£14.99

Lineage and Legacy

Stephen Bates

Hardback

Not Available

The Poisoner

Stephen Bates

Paperback

Not Available

1815

Stephen Bates

Hardback

Not Available

Two Nations

Stephen Bates

Paperback

Not Available

The Photographer's Boy

Stephen Bates

Paperback

Not Available

Photographer's Boy

Bates and 1 more

Ebook (Epub)

Digital. Available Immediately. Country restrictions apply.

£7.99

Bedside Guardian 2012

Stephen Bates

Hardback

Not Available

God's Own Country

Stephen Bates

Paperback

Not Available

Asquith

Stephen Bates

Paperback

In Stock

£8.99 £9.99

A Church at War

Stephen Bates

Hardback

Not Available