Biographical Fiction
Shaka the Great
A weighty tome like this is usually a blessing for me, the bigger the better, but sadly this was not…
The Boy: A Holocaust Story
Of all the photos taken of the Holocaust, none was more haunting to historian Dan Porat than one taken by…
A Spurious Brood
Fact wrapped up as fiction is presented here in A Spurious Brood. This is the story of the four children…
Martyrs and Traitors: A Tale of 1916
The typically romantic approach to the Easter Rising in Ireland in 1916 is refreshingly missing in this story of Bulmer…
At the Mercy of the Queen
Margaret “Madge” Shelton of Norfolk, Anne Boleyn’s pretty 14-year-old cousin, becomes lady-in-waiting to the new queen, accompanied to court by…
The Sister Queens
Marguerite and Eleanor are sisters, Savoyards living in the 13th century. Each young Provençal girl is married off to a…
The Pianist in the Dark
Maria Theresa von Paradis was the musically talented daughter and only child of the secretary of the Empress of Austria.…
Becoming Marie Antoinette
Becoming Marie Antoinette, the first in a planned trilogy about the life of the Archduchess of Austria and Queen of…
Lionheart
Editors' choice
The title of Sharon Kay Penman’s highly anticipated new novel, Lionheart, says it all. This is the story of Richard…
Hereward
Hereward was born to Leofric of Bourne and Eadgyth, who was great-niece to Duke Oslac and, from scraps of information…
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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.
