Edward Elton Young Hales was an English Catholic historian. His books include:

• Pio Nono: A Study in European Politics and Religion in the Nineteenth Century (P.J. Kenedy, 1954)
• Mazzini and the Secret Societies: the Making of a Myth (Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1956)
• The Catholic Church in the Modern World (Doubleday, 1958)
• Revolution And Papacy, 1769-1846 (Doubleday, 1960)
• The Emperor and the Pope (1961)
• Napoleon And the Pope: The Story of Napoleon and Pius VII (Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1962) [possibly a variant title of The Emperor and the Pope]
• Pope John and His Revolution (Doubleday, 1965)
• Chariot of Fire (novel) 1977