HNR Issue 56 (May 2011)
Rivals in the Tudor Court
Bogdan’s second Tudor-era novel opens with an angry Thomas Howard bemoaning his imprisonment in the Tower of London, and the…
Queen By Right
Anne Easter Smith has written three well-researched and entertaining books featuring the children and grandchildren of Richard, Duke of York…
The Confession of Katherine Howard
At the opening of this novel, the fate of Henry VIII’s fifth queen has already been sealed, even though she…
Fire in the Sky
In 1540, Hernando De Soto led hundreds of Spanish soldiers into the interior of southern North America. Searching for gold…
Elizabeth I
Editors' choice
How can an historical novelist up the ante on the life of Elizabeth I when so much has been written…
Angel Sister
When fourteen-year-old Kate Merritt goes to her grandfather’s church early one morning, she is surprised to find a five-year-old child…
Wings: A Novel of World War ll Flygirls
Sally Ketchum, a poor farmer’s daughter, has little opportunity until one day she falls in love with a pilot named…
A Storm in the Blood
As the cover blurb for this novel points out, it is not difficult to draw parallels between the Siege of…
The Luck of the Buttons
Twelve-year-old Tugs wishes she wasn’t a part of the hapless and disaster-prone Button family. From Great Granddaddy Ike, who accidentally…
The Girl Who Would Speak for the Dead
Emily and Michael, the thirteen-year-old Stewart twins, are wealthy and bored. Their widowed mother is distant and emotionally fragile, and…
About our Reviews
Over the last 15 years The Historical Novels Review (the society’s print magazine for our members) has published reviews of some 12,000 historical fiction books. We plan to upload them all and make them searchable here.
