Nonfiction
The Titanic Pocketbook: A Passenger’s Guide
The Titanic Pocketbook: A Passenger’s Guide is a slim little book chock full of information about the great ship. Written…
Criminal River: The History of the Thames River Police
This book covers the history of the Thames River Police from 1798 to the present with background information on prison…
Marie Curie and Her Daughters: The Private Lives of Science’s First Family
Marie Curie is famous for her discovery of the scientific element, radium, which changed the world and for which she,…
Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
If you think you know all about Thomas Jefferson, read Jon Meacham’s brilliant 2012 biography, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of…
Captain’s Wife: Narrative of a Voyage in the Schooner Antarctic 1829, 1830, 1831
This firsthand account by a woman of a voyage to the Indian Ocean and the Pacific is part of the…
Life of a Sailor
Join the military and see the world! That was certainly true for young Frederick Chamier when he signed up with…
Atlantic Fever: Lindbergh, His Competitors, and the Race to Cross the Atlantic
The Orteig prize of $25,000 (approximately $330,000 today) was established in 1919 to award the first pilot to cross the…
The Watchers
Several recent nonfiction books have delved into the thorny subject of Sir Francis Walsingham, his dedication to Queen Elizabeth I,…
The Brontës: Wild Genius on the Moors: The Story of a Literary Family
Juliet Barker has impeccable credentials to write a definitive history of the Brontës. As curator to the Brontë Parsonage Museum…
The Damnation of John Donellan: A Mysterious Case of Death and Scandal in Georgian England
Theodosius Boughton: youthful heir to a baronetcy, womanizing ne’er-do-well, a year from his inheritance … and dead. This nonfiction work…
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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.
