Alternate History
Claudia: Daughter of Rome
Claudia: Daughter of Rome is set in the early years of the Roman Empire, when the empire is consolidating its…
Rome Burning
This is the sequel to MacDougall’s successful debut novel, Romanitas, but sadly I don’t think it makes much sense…
More Letters from Pemberley
When we left Elizabeth Darcy in Letters from Pemberley, she and her husband had been married for a year or…
The Curse of the Romanovs
In 1916, Alexei, twelve-year-old tsarevich of Russia, records family history in his diary. Russia is in turmoil, and the people…
Resistance
Editors' choice
What if… the Germans had bested the Allies in the Normandy Invasion? What if… the Germans had then crossed the…
Harlot Queen
Originally published in 1970, this is another Lewis “oldie but goodie.” The story of the She-Wolf, Isabel of France, who…
Conqueror
This second book in Stephen Baxter’s Time Tapestry series, an alternative history epic, spans the history of England from 453…
Three Novels of Ancient Egypt: Khufu’s Wisdom, Rhadopis of Nubia, Thebes at War
Go figure. Just when you think you know the rules of historical fiction—pitfalls to avoid such as anachronisms, being moralistic,…
The Blood of Flowers
For those of you who are cosmically tired of the endless spate of historical fiction set in Ireland/England—yes, there is…
Rashi’s Daughters, Book II: Miriam
Rashi, living in Troyes, France, in the latter half of the 11th century, was one of Judaism’s greatest scholars.Troyes at…
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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.
