Biographical Fiction
The Jump Artist
At times this is not the easiest book to read, nor is it the most enjoyable, nor the most exciting.…
Kafka in Love
Kafka in Love presents a prose summary of hundreds if not thousands of letters and diary entries intently pored over…
Eleanor of Aquitaine: The Journey East
Mark Richard Beaulieu’s ongoing series of historical novels about that much-storied historical figure, Eleanor of Aquitaine, continues in The Journey…
Elizabeth I: The People’s Queen
Elizabeth I is professionally published and a pleasant read. The cover is stylish and effectively representing the book’s subject. The…
A House Near Luccoli
The remarkable Baroque composer Alessandro Stradella stands at the center of Denton’s bright, sparkling novel A House Near Luccoli. Unmarried, mid-thirties…
Peregrine
Peregrine is the story of Frances Latham, who was the eldest child of King Charles I’s falconer. She grows up…
The Sweet Girl
The Sweet Girl, Annabel Lyon’s follow up novel to her award winning 2011 novel, The Golden Mean, is a fast-moving,…
I, Hogarth
Renowned artist William Hogarth, whose paintings and engravings illustrated the unfortunate and decadent lives of 18th-century London residents, is born…
The Duchess of Drury Lane
Dorothy Jordan, Drury Lane’s most notable comedic actress, grew up in Ireland where she had few career choices, being the…
Utopian Man
Lang’s award-winning debut is a delight, as a novel, as biography, and as history. Based on the life of Edward…
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.
