Multi-Period
The Waste Land: An Entertainment
Set before and during the First Crusade, between 1096 and 1099, monk-turned-soldier Hugh de Verdon narrates the story of his…
The Bookman’s Tale
Lovett’s enjoyable homage to books and bookishness opens, fittingly, in that literary magnet known as Hay-on-Wye in Wales. In 1995,…
Seduction: A Novel of Suspense
Three dysfunctional situations in three different centuries are bound together by the ties of drug use and paranormal dabbling in…
Orphan Train
Irish-American Niamh is left an orphan in the 1920s when her family dies in a tenement fire. The self-satisfied and…
The Mermaid Collector
The Mermaid Festival draws people from all directions to Cradle Harbor, Maine every August. They dash into the ocean and shop…
The Obituary Writer
Claire, Peter and Kathy are a typical family in 1960s America, obsessed with burgeoning success, the incoming President, John F.…
The Firebird
When art gallery assistant Nicola Marter takes hold of a small, carved bird, known only as the Firebird, she can…
The Storyteller
Sage Singer thinks she doesn’t have much to live for after losing both parents and becoming disfigured in a car…
Child-sized History: Fictions of the Past in U.S. Classrooms
What books should middle school teachers and parents choose that accurately reflect history? In the 21st century, factual accuracy about…
A Less Boring History of the World
Horrible History for adults is the best way I can pithily describe this. It is a breakneck gallop through all…
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.
