Dalkey Archive
The Origin of Man
If I had to describe this book in a single word: frustrating. Some literary works that lack linear (or any)…
Psalm 44
The biblical Psalm 44 asks why God has abandoned his people, who kept the covenant. This Holocaust novel explores the…
Istanbul was a Fairytale
First published in 1999 in Turkish, İstanbul Bir masaldı won Turkey’s prestigious Yunus Nadi Novel Award in 2000. The novel…
Walaschek’s Dream
Editors' choice
Forget structure; forget run-of-the-mill plots, and logic. Think James Joyce and then, if that doesn’t scare you, plunge into Walaschek’s…
The Laurels of Lake Constance
Nazi sympathizers – especially Nazi sympathizers in war-torn France – are atypical protagonists in historical novels. Albert B. is a…
Minuet for Guitar
This is a translation by Harry Leeming of a 1975 work by a noted Slovenian writer, a fictional account of…
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.
