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The Saffron Gate
Editors' choice
This book was a delightful surprise. I do not usually review romantic fiction, but this arrived just after I had…
The Good Thief
Twelve year-old Ren does not have much hope of being adopted from St. Anthony’s orphanage at which he was abandoned…
Death on the Ice
Editors' choice
As every British schoolchild used to know, Captain Robert Falcon Scott led an expedition to win the South Pole for…
Instruments of Darkness
A crime novel set at the end of the 18th century, Instruments of Darkness has multiple points of view, and…
The Tide of War
1794. There is a French frigate causing trouble in the Caribbean. The British have a frigate there too, but she…
To Play the Fox: A Novel of Fighter Pilots in World War Two
The fighter pilots in question are an urbane Englishman, a licentious American, and a cynical German. We follow their wayward…
Dance With Wings
The book opens in 2006 in Florida with the character of Sarah, a successful career woman who has yet to…
The Man Of Property
This is the first book in The Forsyte Saga, a series of nine novels and some short stories, which chronicle…
The Blood of Flowers
For those of you who are cosmically tired of the endless spate of historical fiction set in Ireland/England—yes, there is…
Companions of Paradise
Continuing the saga of A Singular Hostage and A Beggar at the Gate, Englishwoman Mariana Givens has been separated from…
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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.
