Last updated: 16 March 2023
Each year a lot of books about castles and palaces are being published, including books about royal residences. There are guides that appear nearly every year, and are constantly being updated, and there are specialized books. Here is a selection of the books and brochures that will be published in 2023 (dates subject to change).
March 2023
GERMANY
Title: Burgen, Schlösser und Herrenhäuser in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Castles, palaces and manor houses in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
Author: Freundeskreis Schlösser und Gärten der Mark in der Deutschen Gesellschaft e.V.
Publication: 15 March 2023 by L+H Verlag (second edition)
Language: German
April 2023
GERMANY
Title: Frankreich in Potsdam. Ein Stadtrundgang (France in Potsdam. A city tour)
Author: Stiftung Preussische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg (Museum Barberini, Potsdam)
Publication: 3 April 2023 by Deutscher Kunstverlag
Language: German
ITALY
Title: Les Palais Vénitiens (The Venetian Palaces)
Authors: Alvise Zorzi, Paolo Marton
Publication: 13 April 2023 by Editions Place des Victoires (there has been a previous edition)
Language: French
May 2023
AUSTRIA
Title: Schloss Laxenburg, eine romantische Entdeckungsreise (Laxenburg Palace, a romantic voyage of discovery)
Authors: Robert Bouchal, Wolfgang Mastny
Publication: 15 May 2023 by KRAL
Language: German
SPAIN
Title: Escorial. Power, Piety and Symbol at the Court of the Spanish Habsburgs
Author: John Adamson
Publication: 11 May 2023 (?) by Apollo
Language: English
June 2023
ARCHITECTURE
Title: Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt (1668-1745), Barockarchitekt in Mitteleuropa (baroque architect in Central Europe)
Editors: Peter Heinrich Jahn, Anna Mader-Kratky
Publication: 1 June 2023 by Michael Imhof Verlag
Language: German
GERMANY
Title: Die schönsten Burgen und Schlösser am Bodensee: Faszinierende Zeugen der Vergangenheit (The most beautiful castles and palaces on Lake Constance: Fascinating witnesses of the past)
Author: Michael Weithmann
Publication: 30 June 2023 by Silberburg
Language: German
GERMANY
Title: König Ludwigs Lieblingsplätze. Zu Fuß unterwegs zwischen Alpengipfeln, Seen und wilden Wassern (King Ludwig’s favourite places. On foot between Alpine peaks, lakes and wild waters)
Author: Anette Hausmann
Publication: 2 June 2023 by Süddeutsche Zeitung
Language: German
UNITED KINGDOM
Title: The Palace. From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 years of British history at Hampton Court
Author: Gareth Russell
Publication: 17 August 2023 by
Language: English
Buy at Amazon NL, DE (5 December 2023), UK, US (5 December 2023), FR, IT, ES (5 December 2023)
September 2023
GERMANY
Title: Das Berliner Schloss: Residenz der brandenburgischen Kurfürsten, preußischen Könige und deutschen Kaiser (The Berlin Palace: Residence of the Brandenburg Electors, Prussian Kings and German Emperors)
Author: Guido Hinterkeuser
Publication: 1 September 2023 by Schnell & Steiner
Language: there will be a German and an English version
