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A Soldier’s Secret
Private Frank Thompson of the 2nd Michigan Volunteers is not your typical Civil War infantryman. He is also a battlefield nurse and…
Shadow on the Mountain
One of my favorite books as a child was Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan (Dutton, 1942), about brave children resisting…
Between Two Ends
Yeats knows that something is deeply wrong with his father, William. He visits his grandmother’s spooky house and inadvertently reunites…
Anxious Hearts
In 1755, newly married Gabriel and Evangeline are separated when British soldiers forcibly remove the Acadians from Canada. Evangeline is…
Heart of a Samurai
Son of a fisherman, 14-year-old Manjiro dreams of being a samurai. But after being rescued from a shipwreck by an…
Bliss
Fourteen-year-old Bliss Inthemorningdew is dropped off at her grandmother’s home in Atlanta, Georgia, so her hippie parents can move to…
Anahita’s Woven Riddle
Tapestry weaver Meghan Nutall Sayres certainly drew upon her art to write Anahita’s Woven Riddle. Her main character, Anahita, is…
The Hour of the Cobra
Twins Xavier and Xanthe Alexander travel back in time to the Egypt of Cleopatra, via the magical “alleviators” discovered…
The Golden Hour
After the sudden death of their mother, Rowan and Nina Popplewell are packed off to Maine to spend a…
Plenty Porter
Set in rural Illinois in the early 1950s, Plenty Porter follows the youngest of eleven children. Twelve-year-old Plenty is…
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.
