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Paradise Dogs
“Adam only felt comfortable pretending to be someone he was not.” Not that the hapless, alcoholic businessman sets out to…
The Bride’s House
The only way to get rich in a Colorado mining town in 1880 is to strike gold or marry a…
The Borgia Betrayal
Rome, 1493: Francesca Giordano, a young woman of dark passions and even darker talents, is the court poisoner to Pope…
London’s Sinful Secret: The Bawdy History and Very Public Passions of London’s Georgian Age
Architectural historian Dan Cruickshank’s newest book is a lengthy but fascinating examination of a not-so-secret aspect of Georgian London: the…
Atilla: The Judgment
It is 449 AD, and the Roman Empire is in danger of being overrun by barbarians. An army of Huns,…
The Sleepwalkers
In 1932, during the final weeks of the Weimar Republic, Jewish Detective Willi Kraus pursues the evildoers responsible for luring…
The Lion of Cairo
Ruling Cairo as a figurehead in 12th-century Egypt, a young Caliph is manipulated by his grand vizier, who uses drugs…
Rival to the Queen
Not since Victoria Holt’s My Enemy the Queen (1978) have I encountered another novel about the complex rivalry between Queen…
Empire
In Empire, the sequel to his New York Times bestseller Roma, Steven Saylor returns to the multi-generational saga, this time…
A Little Folly
Editors' choice
Louisa and Valentine Carnell have lived a constrained life under the domination of a strict and old-fashioned father. On his…
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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.
