John Van der Kiste has published over seventy books, including music, historical biography, local history, true crime and fiction. His other musical titles include works on ELO, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Lindisfarne, Steeleye Span and Steve Winwood. He is a contributor to Guinness Rockopaedia and 'Oxford Dictionary of National Biography', has written CD insert notes for various reissues, and reviewed books and records for the national and local press. An occasional musician and songwriter in...See more
John Van der Kiste has published over seventy books, including music, historical biography, local history, true crime and fiction. His other musical titles include works on ELO, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Lindisfarne, Steeleye Span and Steve Winwood. He is a contributor to Guinness Rockopaedia and 'Oxford Dictionary of National Biography', has written CD insert notes for various reissues, and reviewed books and records for the national and local press. An occasional musician and songwriter in his spare time, he lives in Devon. See less
John Van der Kiste book subjects
Biography & Autobiography > Royalty
Biography & Autobiography > Historical
John Van der Kiste's Featured Books
Jeff Lynne: Electric Light...
William and Mary: Heroes of...
Alfred: Queen Victoria's...
Kaiser Wilhelm II: Germany's...
Gilbert & Sullivan's Christmas
Queen Victoria's Children
The Heroine of Gaeta: Queen...
Beatles Miscellany:...
Once a Grand Duchess: Xenia,...
Led Zeppelin Song by Song
The Romanovs 1818-1959
While You See A Chance: The...
Prince Henry of Prussia: 1862...
Sarah Forbes Bonetta: Queen...
Childhood at Court: 1819-1914
Crowns in a Changing World:...
Somerset Murders
The End of the Habsburgs: The...
Kaiser Wilhem II: Germany's...
The Intimate Life of the Last...
Edward VII's Children
Princess Victoria Melita
The Georgian Princesses
John Van der Kiste book reviews
Continues past 1917 murders
by Jmary W, Aug 26, 2014
Most of the material is well know to followers of the Imperial Russian era. His chapters on Their Imperial Majesties Alexander II & III are well written & shed light on their family relationships ... Read More
Princesses: The Six Daughters of George III
by Flora Fraser
The Court of the Last Tsar: Pomp, Power and Pageantry in the Reign of Nicholas II
by Greg King
Oxfordshire Murders
by Nicola Sly
Electric Light Orchestra: Song by Song
by John Van der Kiste
An Uncommon Woman
by Hannah Pakula