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The Great Deception
A few years after WWII, Shelly and her husband Cole have settled on a farm southwest of Sydney. Knowing little…
They Also Serve
Born the son of a gamekeeper in 1902, Bob Sharpe’s life “in service” spans the latter era of classist society…
The Cook’s Tale: Life Below Stairs As It Really Was
This nonfiction book will appeal to admirers of BBC series Downton Abbey and Upstairs, Downstairs. Beyond the atmosphere it offers…
Currawalli Street
Currawalli Street is an average rural Australian street. It has orderly numbered homes with normal people who uniquely blend into…
Kalahari Passage
Koba, a young San girl, is kidnapped from her home among the Kalahari bushmen. She is taken to live with…
Utopian Man
Lang’s award-winning debut is a delight, as a novel, as biography, and as history. Based on the life of Edward…
Light Falling on Bamboo
My mother-in-law asked me recently what to call fictionalized biographies of famous historical figures. Historical novels, I said, thinking of…
Bloody Winter
Bloody Winter has two protagonists, and each tells his story in alternating chapters. The first narrator is the series’ Detective…
Tudor Survivor: The Life and Times of Courtier William Paulet
In Tudor Survivor, Margaret Scard has provided a biography of one of the most consistently successful courtiers of the Tudor…
The Poisonous Seed
In Victorian London, Frances Doughty is the daughter of a respected chemist. When a customer dies after drinking a digestive…
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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.
